Sounds like you could easily duplicate the conditions, measure voltage at the 
battery and see what's going on.
-- 
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20

Jon Agne <jonag...@gwi.net> wrote:

>The only thing that dropped off-line was the Alpine radio....who knows,
>maybe there is built in protection.
>
>
>On Jan 16, 2013, at 5:20 PM, Max Dillon wrote:
>
>> Apparently the fog lights draw enough, combined with the rest, to
>push your creasing system over the edge.  Sure sounds like your
>alternator/battery is unable to carry the load, but the battery alone
>should have kept everything running.
>> -- 
>> Max Dillon
>> Charleston SC
>> '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20
>> 
>> Jon Agne <jonag...@gwi.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Something strange happened on the way to the forum
>today......actually
>>> my doctor appointment this morning
>>> 
>>> Being in Maine it was still dark, and snowy, and foggy, etc., etc. 
>So
>>> I had the lights, wipers, and rear defog on.  Blower was on a medium
>>> speed.  When I turned on the fog lights at a stop sign, the radio
>turns
>>> off, and I notice that the blower and wipers are operating very
>slowly.
>>> I pull away from the stop sign and all returns to normal....until
>the
>>> next stop light.  Radio again turns off and the wipers and blower
>slow
>>> down.
>>> 
>>> Hmmm.  Is this the voltage regulator perhaps wearing?  I cannot
>believe
>>> the fogs draw that much....it never did that before.
>>> 
>>> Jon
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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