Phil,
Huh? What alternator did you use? What control box? The original box
for
the generator is/ should be by-passed..... it won't work for a generator.
Need more specifics.
At 03:20 AM 3/24/99 , Phil Ryan wrote:
>
>Hello,
> Just wondering if someone could shed some light on my problem.... I
>had
>my ailing generator in my Spitfire Mk 3 replaced with a non-Lucas
>alternator just before Christmas. The Idle on the car up until recently
>was about 1200rpm, which I knew was too high, but there was a good few
>other things to do to the car before tuning it properly. The other week,
>for starters, I altered the slow idle down to around 800-900 rpm. Made the
>whole thing a lot quieter, but now when the car is idling (no other
>electrics on) the ignition light dimly glows, occasionally up to full
>brightness. I measured the voltage at the battery, 11.9 volts. I measured
>the alternator and it was 14.4 volts. I thought maybe the control box was
>dodgy. When I opened it up though it was gleaming. Looks brand new but
>the cover is old. Not sure how to test this little baby with all those
>wires coming out of the bottom. I wonder if the idle that I have set from
>the tacho is wrong (ie too low), can those guages measure incorrectly?
> Maybe the control box is cutting out supply back to the battery to stop
>overcharging. The ignition light does go off when I increase the rpm's.
> This is probably a simple one, but I'm not sure what that control box
>does....
>
>Cheers,
>Phil
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