Date:         Tue, 21 Oct 2003 09:09:03 -0400
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
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From:         David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Subject:      Re: OXS and battery LEDs
Comments: To: "Greenamyer, William L" <william.l.greenamyer@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