<VV> Still having electrical problems

[Ray Davis]

A slightly different electrical problem.  On my Rampside with alternator, with the headlights and parking lights off I get a faint glow in the tail lights.  It can be eliminated by turning the dash lights down or off.  Any suggestions accepted.
Ray Davis
62 Rampside

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> From: HallGrenn at aol.com
> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:29:55 -0500
> To: cooperj123 at msn.com; virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Still having electrical problems
> 
> It sounds to me that you have diagnosed it. The diodes only allow flow 
> one way to change the AC to DC. As Seth and others have said, try swapping 
> out the alternator to see if you are right. Then the regulator. With all 
> the bad grounds and connections and the dead battery issues that you've 
> already cleared up you've a lot closer to a solution. And you're not the only 
> person to break a internal battery connection with a rubber mallet--lots of 
> people do it with a real hammer.
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> In a message dated 2/25/2012 8:28:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
> cooperj123 at msn.com writes:
> 
> I suspect that the rectifier in the alternator is either going bad or that 
> I damaged it when troubleshooting the voltage problem
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