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Re: 12V conversion problem/question
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Posted by Bus Driver on February 20, 2003 at 16:47:55 from (65.165.154.86):
In Reply to: 12V conversion problem/question posted by LanceM on February 20, 2003 at 16:20:59:
Perhaps a bad diode in the alternator. That was not an unusual problem in the early Delco units with external voltage regulator. One effect of a bad diode was that the charging rate was reduced sharply from the expected rate- also would cause discharge as you describe. There are ways to check the diodes with ohmmeter- my slow typing would never get past the time limits for finishing a post here. Perhaps the free testing at the parts stores would reveal the presence of a bad diode. The diode is not necessarily the only possible cause of the discharge.
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