Flat battery today ...alternator? [message #370471] |
Sat, 10 September 2022 19:56 |
boybach
Messages: 566 Registered: December 2020 Location: Vancouver Island
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Managed to get the engine started using the dual battery switch .. then put a meter on the solenoid positive and ground ...meter read 10.8v ...revved up the engine, no difference in reading ...kept engine going for a few minutes and battery meter voltage slowly started to decrease. With headlights on voltage dropped further.
Took battery out, put it on charge for about 15 mins, came up/recovered normally.
I diagnosed this as an alternator problem, could it be anything else?
TIA
Larry
Larry - Victoria BC -
1977 ex-Palm Beach "Ol' Leaky" 40,000 miles, PO said everything working but forgot the word NOT. Atwood helium fridge, water heater & furnace. SS exhaust system, Onan, Iota Converter, R134A, New fuel lines & heat exchange hoses
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