Alternator woes...

ffs heidi!! that yer problem!! yer denzil carbatooters are out of adjustment! just give them a twiddle to get yer revs to 650rpm and all will be well wiff yer alternator.

basis electrics,, if alternator dint charge then adjust yer denzil carbatooters!! simple really

No ah mite be as thick as ****e in the neck o a bottle but even me aint gonna go an try this....

Incidentally, on the way to the station this morning, the bloody light went out. Stayed out all the way there n back, then parked up at the mansion and the bloody thing came on again. Now it wont go out.

I suggest you check the wires on the back of the IGN switch real soon, to make sure they are all firmly attached, and not all fusty with corrosion.

There's a chance the switch's innards could be fusty ....

Your symptoms suggest it works sometimes, and then not.

Now check the wee wire all the way back from alternator to switch.

It's what Slob would call an Intermittent Fault.

CharlesY

Charles

It sure is intermittent! It chose to work almost all day today. It is however going to a mates tomorrow morning for him to have a look at. I shall report the findings tomorrow night!

Now then chasps, and 9 or 10 laydeez, it appears to be fixed! It wusnae a dodgy ammeter, nor a foosty ignition switch, but, can ee believe it, the ignition wire had been rubbing on the exhoost and a toaty wee bit o bare wire was showing thru and making an intermittent earth.

The autospark also rewired the lucas plug to make sure. We huv dun aboot 30 miles so far withoot seein the charge light.

Now I hear Charles say - he cud have fixed that himsel, and I'm sure I cud, had I spotted it. But I didnae. I might do annuther time tho.

Think my psychic interpretation of the problem "wire frayed somewhere" had it covered. Should've listened to me. All you'd have had to do was look at all yer wires for frayin. Frayage of wire. Partial loomage Frayedness.

Common that.

CharlesY said:

Now check the wee wire all the way back from alternator to switch.

It's what Slob would call an Intermittent Fault.

CharlesY

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What did I tell you!

If you had just done what I said you would have found the fault yourself, and an inch of tape would have fixed it!

But I think a new run of fresh cable is a good idea.

CharlesY

well i'll go to the foot of our stairs!!!!
there was i thinking you had enough grey matter to check the simple **** like fraid wires. but no! not you!
the next person that comes along wiff similar problems wil be getting told to check fer shorts. and they'll probelly reply wiff " yeah yeah i know that !!! what do you think i am ? stupid or summin?"

and then we'll have to post a link to this fred!

tom bola said:

....but as I said, am a peasant at this sort o stuff, amongst other things.

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tom bola said:

I will let ee ken how ah get on so ye cun say Ah telt ee so!

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Ah will ken the next time. Mary, ah owe ye a gin on Seturday.

****ing hell. The light was on again all the way back from th station the night. There's gonna be sum serious checking for further frayedness at the weekend.