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Old 05-25-2012, 09:11 AM   #50 (permalink)
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These are interesting efforts. Thanks. I'll be very interested to see what you get in the end. One idea was to put a lightbulb on the line to drain residual voltage.
I think that's what basically was happening when I pulled the fuse in the first test. The O2 sensors, speed sensor, and evap emissions stuff still on the circuit when I tested it originally were doing the same as a bulb would do and that worked. It seemed that loading the power wire down does significantly weaken the alternator. I'll swing by the store and pick up a bulb, maybe the bulb will work better then my direct short that appeared to make the regulator go nuts.

I'll take some video with a scope hooked up.
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