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Lost my lights.. Smell hot battery
Posted: 09 Jan 2014, 21:17
by KINGPRAWN
A good while ago I followed Mr AXEMAN's headlamp upgrade with great success .. But tonight while sitting at idle my belt started to squeal ( muggy so thought nothing of it), pulled away and both lamps went out followed by the smell of charging battery.. Then noticed my voltmeter was off the scale 16v and some! Van is DJ 2.1... It's wet dark and raining sonot going to look tonight.... Any pointers PLEASE GUYS/GALS????
Re: Lost my lights.. Smell hot battery
Posted: 09 Jan 2014, 21:20
by lloydy
No electrical expert, but i'd swap in a known good alternator and check again
Re: Lost my lights.. Smell hot battery
Posted: 09 Jan 2014, 21:31
by axeman
Sounds like the voltage regulator in the alternator has gone, as said new alternator is needed, hopefully the battery won't be damaged due to it being over charged. How long before you turned the engine off?
Neil
Re: Lost my lights.. Smell hot battery
Posted: 09 Jan 2014, 21:34
by KINGPRAWN
Hey Neil... Thanks for the input... Prob no longer than 5 mins running!! I have a spare reg, hopefully that will help..