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Posted by Matt Ward on August 22, 2005 at 13:26:39 from (192.17.25.129):
My father converted our 706 gas years ago to an alternator. He used it every couple of days or so and did not notice a parasitic drain on the battery until he picked up a 686 diesel for everyday stuff. I found the drain, it was the alternator, about 325mA of draw. At that point I found the 1 terminal connected to the battery lug and the 2 terminal connected to the key in a round about way. I noticed that was backwards right away. So I swapped 1 and 2, I still had the drain so I installed a relay to break the circuit when the key was off. So, we fired it up and I checked the battery voltage at half throttle and it was showing 14.18vDC from 1/3 to 1/2 all the way to full throttle. It is regulating but now the amp light will not go out, it is rpm sensitive so it appears that I need to do something different with connection to terminal 1? Any ideas would be great, once again it does appear to be charging at a very constant 14.18 volts. Thanks Matt
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