JamesH
26th July 2005, 05:49 PM
Hi All
Any ideas on the following?
1 defender with dual battery system - secured and bolted under seat formly. All contact points in place. Everything seems fine until 6000k into our trip all of a sudden...
1 alternator light comes on.
owner is camping and running an engel on freeze. checking volts regualrly it appears there is a charge of some kind coming through. Decides to limp home. "We at least I know if it starts I'll be OK for driving in dry weather during the day" Wrong, very close to home it dies. "Bloody thing has an electric fuel pump. Well that;s something I learned the hard way..."
car is at auto electrician. alledgedly two brand new deep cycle batteries are stuffed. Alternator (recently overhauled) is stuffed though bearings and belts all AOK.
What happened? It looks like something occured which stuffed the alternator in that the voltage regulator failed and the alternator kept charging the batteries until they were cooked. But what?
One theory is that battery was stuffed from the shop which in turn stuffed the alternator. Doubtful given the 6000km of faithful service.
Battery was shook on the leveque road so a plate shifted and shorted which led to a fart in the alternator?
Another theory. The car was pulled apart in the process of pulling out the clutch and batteries were disconnected and somehwo a short happened.
The thing is that none of the troubles mentioned occurred near to the event where the light came on.
Any ideas on the following?
1 defender with dual battery system - secured and bolted under seat formly. All contact points in place. Everything seems fine until 6000k into our trip all of a sudden...
1 alternator light comes on.
owner is camping and running an engel on freeze. checking volts regualrly it appears there is a charge of some kind coming through. Decides to limp home. "We at least I know if it starts I'll be OK for driving in dry weather during the day" Wrong, very close to home it dies. "Bloody thing has an electric fuel pump. Well that;s something I learned the hard way..."
car is at auto electrician. alledgedly two brand new deep cycle batteries are stuffed. Alternator (recently overhauled) is stuffed though bearings and belts all AOK.
What happened? It looks like something occured which stuffed the alternator in that the voltage regulator failed and the alternator kept charging the batteries until they were cooked. But what?
One theory is that battery was stuffed from the shop which in turn stuffed the alternator. Doubtful given the 6000km of faithful service.
Battery was shook on the leveque road so a plate shifted and shorted which led to a fart in the alternator?
Another theory. The car was pulled apart in the process of pulling out the clutch and batteries were disconnected and somehwo a short happened.
The thing is that none of the troubles mentioned occurred near to the event where the light came on.