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RE: Sudden brightening of lights, then back to normal.

To: "'Trevor Boicey'" <tboicey@brit.ca>, "spridgets@autox.team.net" <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: RE: Sudden brightening of lights, then back to normal.
From: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 08:40:14 -0400
Reply-to: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
>  Wife and I were driving home (with the top up, hey it's
>October and this is Canada) when I said "does it seem to you
>like the head lights and dash lights are really bright all
>of a sudden"?

>  As she was looking at them, they suddenly went back to
>normal/dim, which we both agreed was not my imagination.

>  I don't seem to have any other symptoms, but I wonder
>if my alternator is shaky? Hmmm... strange. The bright
>lights and dash were great for the 10 seconds they
>lasted.

Guesses:
Battery was at just the right state of discharge that the regulator couldn't 
decide?
Bad ground got vibrated around until it got good for a few seconds?
Lucas decided you really needed to see what was going on?

Chris Kotting
ckotting@iwaynet.net





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