TRIPPY wrote:
> Quick question for the collective intelligence...
>
> When I first got my '74 Midget, it had the usual weak alternator problem,
> coupled with a couple shorts, leaving my battery dead more often than not. I
> cleaned up most if not all shorts and replaced the alternator a while back,
>and
> have been having just one peculiar symptom.
>
> When I turn on my lights at night, they start off dim. Once I rev her above
> 3500 RPM (I have to be driving, not at a stand-still) the lights instantly
> brighten and I can actually read my gauges. From then on out the lights remain
> bright, at idles or whatever, until I turn her off.
>
> A voltmeter on the battery shows 13.4 volts upon start-up with lights off,
>down
> to just under 12 volts with all lights on. When I rev her up and brighten
> things up and return to the voltmeter, I've got about 13 volts on the battery.
>
> Any clues? I could still have a short somewhere, but one thing I'm sure of is
> that I have good ground. (I replaced all ground straps and went through all
> grounds I could find.)
>
> Thanks for any tips.
>
> -Richard
Sounds like a faulty Lucas internal regulator.
The low end cut in is probably shot.
I'm no electrical engineer mind you and Lucas will drive you nuts!
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