Re: [T3] Generator Light/funny voltage

[Will McCreight <whmcc@attglobal.net>]

<x-flowed>andy wrote:
> it is not charging and then starts charging.
> which is odd.
> you replaced the regulator with a new one? and same symptom?
>
> problem is pretty consistant?
>
> maybe a wiring problem. it is odd.
> where are you reading the voltage?
>
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My volt meter is permanently mounted so as to read off of the fuse
block.  Yesterday I monkeyed about, and may have found the voltage
leak.  The driver's door switch controls the interior light and the "key
left in" buzzer.  I replaced this switch with a "new" old switch, but
have never had the buzzer work, except when I short across two of the
leads at the switch.  I think that the reason the buzzer hasn't worked
is that the tab on the ignition plug is broken off, so that the contact
which "closes" by the key being left in the ignition never makes closure
(no male going into the female connector).  I hope that this is the
issue, as I have now de-energized the buzzer circuit in its entirety to
see if the leakage of electrons which appears to be an "overnight"
phenomenon is corrected now.
Yes, new voltage regulator and generator have been installed, and
problem did persist after that.  I will email further once I have had
time today to re-evaluate this fix.

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Yes, in fact today's re-eval shows that all is now well.  Does anyone 
have replacement driver door switch, as the double pole/single throw 
switch (my "new" old one) seems to now be defective...the interior light 
was becoming very intermittent, and one side of the switch is now really 
defective, so I swapped leads (the light now works well) and 
de-energized the buzzer circuit, which never worked before, and now is 
found to be the source of my voltage drop.  I think the 1970 onward T3's 
had this double circuit switch, whereas pre-1970 there was no buzzer 
circuit, just the light.


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Will McCreight
whmcc@attglobal.net
Portland, OR
(208) 661-6262 cell


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