I've had the suggestion made that it may be a bad voltage regulator. I put a VM on the battery with the car running, and it is putting out a pulsing 14.5. Unca Joel commented that was a bit high, but it's a cheap VM and may not be right on the money. Jim On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > I would suspect a bad diode or voltage regulator in the alternator. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Jim Felder > Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 10:37 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Strobe lights on my vanagon--why? > > My 90 carat has developed an unwanted feature. When the engine is > running the lights in the car--all of them, dash, tail, headlights, > interior lights--pulse several times a second. It's barely noticeable, > but it's there. > > Is this a sign that the alternator is going? The pulsing stays the > same no matter the RPM, as far as I can tell. > > Thanks for any advice. > > Jim > |
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