Re: electrical system

[John Landry <jlandry@domain.elided>]

On Sat, 17 Jan 1998, Daniel Nees wrote:

>    I went out this afternoon and took my Fluke meter on the battery. aAt
> idle with nothing on I am putting out 14.90 volts. With the lights on it
> read 14.88 volts add the fan and it went to 14.80. When I put the
> blinker on it would blink between 14.80 to 14.78. So with all that I
> decided that where ever the previous owner wired the volt meter it is
> reading falsely.

That's good news Dan.

I guess I spoke too soon earlier.  When driving my Traveler over to a
friend's house tonight, I noticed that my voltage reading didn't drop
below much less than 12 volts under the highest load conditions even when
all accessories were on.

I was just going to suggest that you see how the voltage gauge was wired
in your Scout.  Something sure isn't right with it... especially since
your multimeter indicated normal test voltages.

Take care,

John

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