[V8Vairs] Charging Problem

[Matt Nall]

Returning home after the show I kept a close eye on the ammeter.  For a while it 
read a normal slight positive charge and then it went to about 30 amps and 
seemed to be related to engine speed...higher rpms resulted in a higher amp 
reading.  Could it be the 46 year old voltage regulator is bad or might there be 
other places to look?

Any thoughts will be appreciated.

Paul

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Sounds like you have the original system intact....




 Voltage sensing lead?  Junction post  [ horrid red plastic thingie], bad ground on regulator?


Matt Nall
Charleston, Oregon
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-----Original Message-----
From: paulsiano <paulsiano at yahoo.com>
To: Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; V-8 Vairs <v8vairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sun, Dec 16, 2012 12:08 pm
Subject: [V8Vairs] Charging Problem


Yesterday while driving my Crown conversion Corvair to a car show in The 
Villages, FL, I noticed the ammeter read an usually high 30 amps and pulsing to 
an even higher 60 amps and then back to 30.

Returning home after the show I kept a close eye on the ammeter.  For a while it 
read a normal slight positive charge and then it went to about 30 amps and 
seemed to be related to engine speed...higher rpms resulted in a higher amp 
reading.  Could it be the 46 year old voltage regulator is bad or might there be 
other places to look?

Any thoughts will be appreciated.

Paul
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