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Old 02-26-2006, 03:36 PM
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Theirs was digital.. it was on some big cart that he had to push outside.
Then it was probally to slow to catch the voltage changes. Try a computer friendly analog meter and see what happens.
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Old 02-26-2006, 03:41 PM
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Theirs was digital.. it was on some big cart that he had to push outside.
Then it was probally to slow to catch the voltage changes. Try a computer friendly analog meter and see what happens. You'll probally see the needle bouncing up and down to the beat of the pulses which would indicate crapping alternator or voltage regulator. Good luck and keep us informed.
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Flickering lights.

If the flickering is fast, then it is more likely to be a wiring connection or ground connection. The regulator can produce this type of thing, but it won't be fast, as the battery is in the circuit and its voltage won't change that fast. A faulty connection, either in the supply or ground wiring, can change resistance fast, to produce this type of fault.
Digital meters can read fast changes, depending on the refresh rate. Cheap ones are slow. The better ones can read, and record, instant maximum/minimum voltage changes.

I don't think it is the regulator.

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They don't oscillate "fast" though, it's more like a 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 (for you drum players), slow and steady..
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Old 02-27-2006, 12:13 AM
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Does the pulse speed change with RPM's? I'd have a hard time believing it to be a bad connection when it was doing the same thing before and after the wiring mod. How did the terminals look on everything?
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