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Date:         Tue, 21 Oct 2003 09:09:03 -0400
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Subject:      Re: OXS and battery LEDs
Comments: To: "Greenamyer, William L" <william.l.greenamyer@BOEING.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <DE518E764E760A4681CD017B45FED70A01AF6DD6@xch-sw-11p.sw.nos.boeing.com>
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On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Greenamyer, William L wrote:

> I know that some of this has been covered before but just changed my > regulator and the LEDs still come on the same way. When I first start, > they remain on. It is not until I rev the engine that they go out. > One thought. Could it be that the voltage is not high enough because > some of the diode sections may not be working? Just a thought. Any > experts out there who know why the LEDs require a rev of the engine > before they go out?

I'm not an expert, but I always figured maybe the alternator wasn't generating enough current to energize its field windings until the speed was increased a bit. Until the field windings are energized there's only the relatively weak residual magnetism in the steel frame to provide a magnetic field.

Just a guess...

David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic Si


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