[T3] Endless Problems...

Jim Adney jadney at vwtype3.org
Sun Dec 5 22:50:24 PST 2010


On 5 Dec 2010 at 19:05, Bobsnotch at aol.com wrote:

>  
> In a message dated 12/5/2010 5:43:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> dave at hallvw.clara.co.uk writes:
> 
> Those  sort of readings look more like a battery with a shorted cell, where
> the  current limiting side of the VR is keeping things  low. 

> If I remember correctly he just replaced the battery over the summer due to 
>  a cell going in it. 
> Could a bad VR (or a couple of them) cause a new battery to kill a  cell 
> like that? I only say that, because he's swapped a couple of them.  

It's possible that he has a bunch of dead VRs or a dead generator. If 
he doesn't already have my charging system faq, he should ask for it 
and run thru the tests in there to see where the problem lies.

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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