Re: faint glow of the battery light

Posted by steve-52/200 On 2012/1/19 20:08:40

wow that last entry will take some courage ,turning off the lights at 60 at night and staring at the dash but ill try!this may be goodbye but
I dont think thats it because the battery light isnt on at night unless Im driving fast ,>60 ,it doesnt happen with all the accesories on( heater fan ,lights ) at a slower speed

I tried stacking the accesories today ,at 60 ,first the lights ,no glow , then plus the blinkers ,no glow ,then the rodio,faint glow ,then the heater fan ,more glow ,by far the heater fan was the biggest effect maby it has an excessive draw bad motor? maby the fan motors grounded out backwards,the coil was backward Ilearned to check this on the packard site and voila !
,someone mentioned a voltage regulator wired backward how would I tell ?,mine seems to be grounded to the base of the voltage regulator assembally itself where it bolts to the firewall .
the generator has a black wire thats attached to its case Im guessing its a ground .
the positive ground from the battery goes to the block I wonder if the body isnt grounded to the engine ?maby I should run a ground from the body to the engine somehow ,
wow complicated!

perhaps the generator is going out such that at higher rpms the field coils are disrupted or the brushes overwhelmed

has anyone heard of the 6 volt alternators ,powergen's they are called .they cost about 400.00 .the voltage regulator is internal .they look just like a generator ,That should fix the higher rpm output problem

by nature of its construction the alternator can handle higher rpms and still work because the current is generated from the outer stationary part not the spinning armature,so theres no jump across over taxed brushes (check the "stovebolt tech tips" "6 volt charging systems" by jerry herbison ,nice illustrated walkthrough of the 6 volt d/c charging system system)