Alternator Woes

[alan pritchard]

i had a problem on my coupe,  it turned out the length of wire between the
alternator and battery was so corroded that the current draw was so high
there was a massive voltage drop accross it......
 dont know if thats any help
also htere is 2 wires, one supplys the electrics/battery and the smaller one
does something else (which is important and cant remember what but it
delivers a signal to the alternator i think which is necessary)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kate FitchGerald" <k_fitchgerald at yahoo.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 7:53 AM
Subject: Re: Alternator Woes


> There is quite a bit of carbon left on the brushes.
>
> I noticed on a terminal of one of the regulator
> assemblies, there is a 1/2W 20ohm resistor that has a
> broken terminal.  Why is such a small resistance
> placed in there for?
>
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