[alfa] Re: "David Johnson" <speedsixer@domain.elided>

[Jon Pike <jhpike@xxxxxxx>]

I also wanted to throw in that if that if your regulator is letting it 
get above that,  you will be overcharging the battery,
and boiling out the electrolyte... your battery will have a pretty short 
life. 
It might be possible to damage to other components if it's a newer car, 
(computers, EFI?)  but older cars could probably tolerate quite a lot of 
overvoltage without letting you know with failures..  besides the battery.

And yes, normally things like flashers either work or don't..  though 
Murphey's Law can occasionally allow nearly anything to happen!

Jon


> From the symptoms you've described, it sounds like your voltage regulator 
> might not be regulating so well.  I'd check that first.  ~13.6V is good 
> just above idle, with ~14.4 volts above 3000 revs.
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