Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:58:08 -0600
Reply-To:     Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Update: Only 13V from Alternator
Comments: To: Steve Williams <sbw@sbw.org>
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Sounds like good new so far Steve.Suggestion for when you are off the road
and settled down:
I did the Mark Drillock 4-6 gauge wire from the alternator + post to my
1315 separator in the battery box. I ran it to the battery side of the 1315.
I won't know the true benefit until I get several days into a trip later
this week
over to San Francisco, Menlo Park. Will camp on the way over and stop at
Yosemite on the way back, so will have some Vitrifrigo + all the "other"
electrical (radio, MacBook, etc) and see how the aux batteries hold up.

What I have noticed is that the simple lighter plug volt meter indicates
about
.3 to .4 higher this way, engine running, than previously.

bob

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Steve Williams <sbw@sbw.org> wrote:

> Just to follow up on my '84 Wolfsburg Westy with the anemic alternator ...
>
>
> I started the engine and measured 13.75V at the battery at idle and
> 2,000 rpm with the headlights off.  With the high beams on, it
> dropped to about 13.5V.
>
> I haven't driven anywhere yet, so I can't declare the problem
> fixed.  But the initial results look very promising.
>
> Again, thanks for everyone's advice on this.
>