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On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 12:16, fess wrote: > > > 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? > It depends on your voltmeter. Some voltmeters do not respond real quick. The do this to help smooth the readings, and they are flickering and jumping all over. Some have as much as a 1/2 second delay. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~