<div dir="ltr"><div>Jim it has 14 volts as long as the headlamps are off . It drops when they are on. Are you saying with the headlamps on it should be 12.6 V . The generator is fine, it's a rebuilt one I got a few years ago . I tested it and the VR is new.</div><div><br></div><div> I took the entire right side apart because the idiot at the body shop ran the turn/parking light leads through the same hole the headlamp bucket grommet to the inner fender should be . There is another hole for the parking/turn at the bottom so I redid it all . Plus I also found the park lamp/turn bulb contacts were filthy as were the 1/4 and small connector so I cleaned all of this up and it works better with clean connections. Can't say this fixed it all but it can't hurt.Even the bulb grounds were filthy and the cast housing ground which is just cast metal for bulb grounding. All I did was first remove the lens and touch the bulbs and they quit. <br></div><div><br></div><div> <br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 7, 2023 at 12:08 PM Jim Adney <<a href="mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org">jadney@vwtype3.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 7 Jul 2023 at 8:47, William Jahn wrote:<br>
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> As long as the voltmeter reads above 12 volts this issue does not exist. The<br>
> voltmeter has from 8 volts to 16 in 1 volt graduations which are evenly<br>
> spaced from 10 to 14 volts. Once it drops just below 12 volts ( on the gauge<br>
> I have to guess and say 11.7 volts. <br>
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If it's actually dropping below 12 V, there's something wrong with your <br>
system. Sounds like a bad battery, but it could be an underperforming <br>
generator. I'd never expect to see less than 12.6 V while the engine is <br>
running.<br>
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