Testing current draw

Ti Kan ti at amb.org
Fri Apr 27 19:39:45 EDT 2001


Simon Allcorn writes:
> ~ 13.5 Volts charging sounds way to low to me - I would expect about 17
> Volts - what RPM was the engine running when you did this ? Should make no
> difference but if it's not working correctly (i.e. only charging a full
> potential of you'r doing above 2k RPM) then this may be worth checking.

Huh?  No Audi that I know of would charge at 17 volts.  The stock
voltage regulator on older Audis limit the voltage to somewhere around
13.6 volts.  The newer models now run a little over 14 volts.

-Ti
01 S4 2.7 biturbo quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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