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Subject: Europa-List: over-voltage from alternator
From: Graham Singleton <graham@gflight.f9.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 00:35:59

>Electronics I can help with ( jam nuts are a different story. I am "up-side
>down" )  If you have good electrical connections all around, the regulator
>is the problem.
>
>The connection I would be suspicious of are the ones coming off the
>regulator to the battery.  You may be seeing a voltage that is trying to
>compensate for a high resistance current path to the battery.
>Good luck, and let us all know what you do to fix it.  Thanks

Ken
you might also check the ground connection on the regulator, if it is 
bolted to the firewall and that is where you connected the ground cable, 
the composite firewall could have relaxed and lessened the bolt tension 
causing contact resistance
Graham to increase. 


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