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Purple_Beasty Regular Location: New Zealand Registered: May 2002	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61 Wed, 03 July 2002 08:42 One thing I have learnt the hard way, just because your dash light says your alternator is charging doesn't mean you're not using more power than it is making. On two of my previous cars I found that despite travelling at a reasonable speed using my foglights and spotlights on and off on a long trip at night would drain my battery to the point where my car cut out. In one car I had volt meter, ammeter and warning light. As long as your alternator is charging the volt meter will read this voltage and the warning light will not come on. The ammeter is the only way to tell if the electrical load you are using is too high. If it swings negative, your battery is being drained. Both these vehicles had charging systems in good condition with good batteries. Back to the question at hand. A few simply places to check first to maybe determine your problem are - is the fan belt tight is your voltage regulator working correctly To eliminate insufficent alternator size as a suspect, if you pull over the car as soon as everything dims ors cuts out and the engine is still able to restart easily then this is not the problem. Other things to consider include putting additional earth straps between the battery and the body, and the body and the engine block (ensure a good bare metal contact). Some cars tend to have piddly little earth straps that corrode easily. I would also recommend to anyone worried about their electrical system to get an accurate ammeter. A volt meter only tells you the condition of your alternator, not how much load your electrical system is under. Purple Beasty [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	Electrical Problems In MA61	ZZT231	Sun, 30 June 2002 12:08
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	justcallmefrank	Mon, 01 July 2002 00:05
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	Supraman	Mon, 01 July 2002 01:25
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	Norbie	Mon, 01 July 2002 07:25
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	ZZT231	Mon, 01 July 2002 08:41
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	SUPRAGTE	Mon, 01 July 2002 07:58
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	Norbie	Mon, 01 July 2002 09:59
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	Red2Door	Mon, 01 July 2002 10:18
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	Norbie	Tue, 02 July 2002 08:22
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	SUPRAGTE	Tue, 02 July 2002 10:44
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61		Tue, 02 July 2002 11:08
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	TOY77	Tue, 02 July 2002 22:02
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	ed_ma61	Wed, 03 July 2002 06:56
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	Norbie	Wed, 03 July 2002 07:23
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	ed_ma61	Wed, 03 July 2002 09:28
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	TOY77	Wed, 03 July 2002 07:28
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	Purple_Beasty	Wed, 03 July 2002 08:42
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	SUPRAGTE	Wed, 03 July 2002 09:54
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	SUPRAGTE	Wed, 03 July 2002 09:57
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	St3ve_AE92	Wed, 03 July 2002 14:21
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	ed_ma61	Wed, 03 July 2002 14:43
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	Norbie	Thu, 04 July 2002 08:21
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	ed_ma61	Wed, 03 July 2002 14:46
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	St3ve_AE92	Wed, 03 July 2002 23:25
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	St3ve_AE92	Thu, 04 July 2002 06:29
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	SUPRAGTE	Thu, 04 July 2002 08:18
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	ed_ma61	Thu, 04 July 2002 12:36
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	SUPRAGTE	Mon, 08 July 2002 10:18
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	pedroenglish	Wed, 10 July 2002 01:04
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	Evil_Foetus	Sun, 14 December 2003 06:28
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	justcallmefrank	Sun, 14 December 2003 06:32
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	Evil_Foetus	Sun, 14 December 2003 06:36
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	Evil_Foetus	Sun, 14 December 2003 09:32
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	ZZT231	Sun, 14 December 2003 13:09
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	ZZT231	Sun, 14 December 2003 13:19
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	draven	Sun, 14 December 2003 13:32
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	ZZT231	Sun, 14 December 2003 14:00
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	Evil_Foetus	Mon, 15 December 2003 01:22
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	Jayem	Mon, 15 December 2003 09:43
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	Norbie	Mon, 15 December 2003 10:55
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	sideshow	Mon, 15 December 2003 11:09
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	Jayem	Mon, 15 December 2003 14:25
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	Jayem	Tue, 16 December 2003 12:54
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	Allan	Tue, 16 December 2003 13:13
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	sideshow	Tue, 16 December 2003 21:25
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	Evil_Foetus	Thu, 08 January 2004 01:32
	Re: Electrical Problems In MA61	ZZT231	Thu, 08 January 2004 03:22

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