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On 30 Nov 2005 at 7:25, Fiesta Cranberry wrote: > Took The B. for a spin into San Francisco yesterday, and she seemed > fine. > > I checked the votage at the fuse box. I got 12 v when off, 12 v when > on, and at idle it hunted up to 14.45 v. So it seems the voltage > regulator is OK, right? That sounds pretty high for idle, or did you blip the throttle while you were measuring? Even at med rpm, which is really when you need to do this measurement, 14.45 is higher than I'd expect at the fuse box, just because we'd expect some voltage drop between the VR and the fuse box. What we're looking for is the voltage that it levels off to, at higher rpm. OTOH, the VRs seldom fail high, so it's probably fine. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~