Re: [Chevelle-list] 68 SS ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.
Turn everything off in your car. Disconnect the ground wire from your battery. Touch the cable lightly to the battery post and look for any sparking. (Sometimes a radio can draw a very slight amount of current for its memory if you changed to a newer style radio and a very small spark will be seen) If you see sparks you have a current draw somewhere. At that point disconnect the wire from the alternator and check the battery connection for sparking again. If there are no sparks your problem is in the alternator. Otherwise check things like your glove box light or trunk light. I also seem to remember reading something about having to use a diode to make the gen light work correctly with a single wire system. Bill Vander Werf - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, May 21, 2006 9:25 pm Subject: [Chevelle-list] 68 SS ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. A couple of days ago I installed a single wire alternator. My old one was a stock 3 wire.Now when I go out to start my car the battery is totallydead. When I charge it up and drive it, the gen light is on. It's very diem and hard to see. I bought the painless wire kit which was just one wire from the alternator to the positive side of the battery. My auto gauge volt gauge is reading just a little under 14 volts when I'm drivingthe car.So I'm thinking the battery should be getting a charge. Anybody have any Ideas? Thanks ahead of time for any help.Dennis
Re: [Chevelle-list] 68 SS ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.
Dennis, Electrical gremlinsIf you are getting 14v with the motor running then the alt must be charging. After leaving it overnight.. then the car doesn't start in the morning? Somewhere the power is being used up. Take a look at all the wires you touched during the install. Try to figure out what is soaking your juice. Good luck...and post the fix when you find it... Walt http://www.personal.kent.edu/~wbainey/CHEVELLE.htm - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, May 21, 2006 9:25 pm Subject: [Chevelle-list] 68 SS ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. > A couple of days ago I installed a single wire alternator. My old > one was > a stock 3 wire.Now when I go out to start my car the battery is > totallydead. When I charge it up and drive it, the gen light is > on. It's very > diem and hard to see. I bought the painless wire kit which was > just one > wire from the alternator to the positive side of the battery. My auto > gauge volt gauge is reading just a little under 14 volts when I'm > drivingthe car.So I'm thinking the battery should be getting a > charge. Anybody > have any Ideas? Thanks ahead of time for any help.Dennis > > >
Re: [Chevelle-list] 68 SS ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.
Sounds like you have a draw somewhere. 9 times out of 10 the alternator is the culprit. Even though it's a new one, doesn't mean it couldn't have a bad part in it. Tom
