At 15:29 9/18/2000, Puzerewski wrote: >Drove the Vanagon to the Battery store and had them test it for warranty. >Tested good, but temp of battery was rising 147 degrees f and climbing with >car off. Rising because of heat soak to wherever you were measuring...the actual rise happens while it's charging. > 18 year old at battery store tested system (so he said) and told >me there was a short somewhere that was causing the battery to boil. Huh? > >It starts right up, and I saw that the battery had 14.3 on one test and 15.3 >volts on another test. However the dude really did not know what he was >doing. > > >Voltage regulator bad? Sure is. Fix it quick -- thermal runaway in a charging battery can have interesting results. I'd unhook the alternator if you have to drive it to get the replacement regulator... david
>Adam Puzerewski >81 westy >74 beetle >86 cabrio >Vanagon Partsmobiles David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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