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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: harry123 on 10 January 2009, 22:13:12

Title: help with alternator or electrical problem
Post by: harry123 on 10 January 2009, 22:13:12

Hi
I have now replaced 3 alternators but the alternator is still showing as not sufficiently charging.

Can somebody point me in the right direction as to what to check

Title: Re: help with alternator or electrical problem
Post by: iainb on 10 January 2009, 22:16:04

Ouch.......Thats got to hurt.
Is the problem that your battery keeps going flat or what.
Please can you give us the full problem

Title: Re: help with alternator or electrical problem
Post by: HGV mechanic on 10 January 2009, 22:55:10

assuming the red battery light is constantly on i would guess there is a open circuit some when ,  :-/

Title: Re: help with alternator or electrical problem
Post by: harry123 on 11 January 2009, 20:32:36

luckily i  only had to pay for 1 alternator.

the battery light will only come on very dim when there is alot of power being used i.e full fan or reat windscrren heaters.

i have had the alternator checked out every time i have replaced one and is showing between 12-13 i am told that a normal alternator should be showing 14.

now i am no electrician but sounds like ther is some kind of electrical problem. surely three alternators cannot be duff.

i was hoping someone can point me in the right direction.

  

Title: Re: help with alternator or electrical problem
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 11 January 2009, 20:45:58

Check the connections to the battery terminals....do any of them get warm?

Title: Re: help with alternator or electrical problem
Post by: unlucky alf on 11 January 2009, 21:00:45

check all connections to battery as DTM says, also check 0v [aka earth or negative] to the engine block, on mine i found wires corroded inside one of the crimps connected to the positive connection on battery, cut back to good & re-crimped,fine now :y