Re: [T3] Charging Help.

[fess <fess-vwtype3.org@fess.org>]

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On Feb 28, 2005, at 6:12 PM, fess wrote:

> I've gone to the parts store and gotten a rebuilt genny,
> and i'll put it in shortly.

Ok, I put the new genny in [, during a gap in the rain, I think LA is 
going to hit an all time record. ]
and no generator at idle. [ well, not at normal idle, when it's trying 
to warm up, and attempts to stall,
the light flickers, but that's normal, but I guess an alternator would 
be good at this point.. *grin* ]


now, measuring at the battery

car off, 12.49v
idle, 12.49
medium to high rpm,  13 - 14.5v,

It drops back down to 12.49v as it drops to idle,
but slower than the engine dropped down to idle.  I was curious as to 
what that was,
does the generator have some large capacitor in it somewhere?

Even more curious,
my car warmed up and idled easier than it ever has with this new 
generator.
it had been taking me almost 10 minutes to get it warmed up enough to 
idle without stalling.
[ the motor is a 2275, with dual weber 44IDFs and doesn't have chokes,
and doesn't seem to have room for them,  which is a problem I haven't 
attempted to address yet. ]

after installing the new generator it idled almost immediately.

Could the old generator being bad have been such a load that the engine 
had to work harder?

--fess

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