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Weird electrical problem, battery not charging |
Dtjaden |
May 14 2015, 10:57 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 232 Joined: 25-May 13 From: Morgan Hill, CA Member No.: 15,915 Region Association: Northern California |
A couple of weeks ago I started a drive with the regional PCA group after about 100 miles at sometimes high speeds I noticed that I was developing an engine ping under load (I have Megasquirt engine management). Looking at my gauges, while my AFR was normal to slightly rich my voltage meter was running low, about 11 volts.
At this point I turned around and managed to make it back home. The next morning my battery was dead so I used this as an excuse to install an Optima battery. After installing the new battery I noticed that the alternator light was lite when the car was NOT running and went out once the car was running. However using a multimeter the battery was not being charged. I expect that the fact that the alternator light was lite with the ignition switch off was the reason the battery drained overnight. I checked all of my fuses and all were OK. I haven't had any time in the last couple of weeks to do any further testing but since I have a spare ignition switch I plan to replace it as a matter of course. If that does not solve the no-charge situation I will need to start troubleshooting the charging circuit. I believe that the ping may have been caused by the Megasquirt management system being unhappy with the low voltage. Has anyone had a similar problem? Any advice about troubleshooting this problem? Darryl |
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