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Tinker away, very interested here.
I recently had charging system failure & flat battery.
In the lead up 4 or 5 warning lights on dash were flickering under certain driving conditions.
Thought battery was gone initially, but did more checking and was not getting charge.
Jiggled wires on plug thinking loose connection maybe, all fixed, no more flickering, but 2 days later flat battery.
Turns out the sensor wire was broken and occasionally making contact, ie flickering, then finally seperated completely with my intervention, soldered wire back up and all good now.
Point to story, I had sensor wire making and breaking contact under all sorts of conditions for about a week and no fault codes or damage to alternator.
Have been thinking about doing something along these lines, but really want to do it in conjunction with a solar supply, so daytime use solar and only use alternator at nights, just need to look at appropriate sizing for solar.
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