[Tigers] Voltage regulator?

[Tony Somebody]

Gary I have had your problem on not on my Tiger but everyday autos as well over the years. Ron is right in everything he says but what catches my attention is your statement that the battery goes dead after a few trips around the block. IF the battery is fully charged, as you have stated, you should be able to drive several miles with the head lights off-- less of course the more accessories that are running. Its a guess but I think you may well have a dead cell in your battery. Naturaly you want to check the VR but as Ron said if you are getting 13-15 volts at the battery with the engine running, it isnt the charging syestem and the battery will show a full charge on the chargers meter even with a dead cell IIRC. Auto Zone and most of these type parts stores will put a load tester on the battery free of charge. Good luck and let us know what the problem was- especially since Lucas is involved.
regards, TtT


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>From: Gary Winblad <garywinblad at comcast.net>
>To: Jeff Holt <jeff.holt7 at gmail.com>
>Cc: tigers at autox.team.net
>Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 8:46 PM
>Subject: Re: [Tigers] Voltage regulator?
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>Your wiring.
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Jeff Holt <jeff.holt7 at gmail.com>
>To: tigers at autox.team.net
>Sent: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:21:36 -0000 (UTC)
>Subject: [Tigers] Voltage regulator?
>
>The battery goes dead after a few trips around the block. I just had the
>alternator bench tested and the technician says its almost new "out of the
>box" as he says it.
>
>He said voltage regulator, most likely. I'll pull that and have it checked
>but, any other culprits? The battery charges full over night.
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