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by jeb1978 » Sat Apr 24, 2010 8:29 am
Well, the auto electric's shop version of testing as a "system" was to put their analyzer on the battery and that was it. I might try and go back when the guy who tested my generator is there, since he seemed to know more about what was going on.
Interestingly enough, they said it's charging just fine at idle, and at RPM. Opposite of what the other shop told me.
I ended up replacing both the battery cables since the clamps were getting pretty messed up from all the removing and installed I've been doing lately. No change to the GEN light, but at least the clamps aren't all rounded off.
I also took the harness from the generator to the regulator off and "load" tested by using two wires at a time to power a headlight (which worked fine, all wires good).
I built my own generator-to-regulator harness and installed it, no change to the GEN light. I bypassed the wire from terminal 61 to the dash, no change to the GEN light.
I have two of the solid state Bosch regulators, both operate the same when installed, GEN light on at idle, off at RPM.
I'm still suspicious of this new generator, but I wish I would have had my old one tested last year before I turned it in. I wonder if it would have tested good? Not that I wouldn't have had the same issue.
1969 Westfalia 1600cc single port