[Healeys] Alternator Is “Hummingybe

[Michael Oritt]

Price--

I went through a series of NAPA alternators, all defective out of the box,
until I finally got my money back and bought a Leece-Neville/Prestolite
unit which has given me about 15 years of trouble-free service.  One of its
nice features is that it has a modular external voltage regulator and
changing it would probably take no more than five minutes.

Best--Michael Oritt

On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 9:11 PM jim via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Maybe a picture  will help ...The only path for current to flow is through
> the 'Rotor' winding via the regulator...
>
> Jim
>
> On Friday, July 5, 2019, 10:04:29 PM UTC, R. Lindsay <050.rpl at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> I have been trying to find the source of a parasitic draw of power from my
> battery for the past several weeks.  FWIW, I have lost 0.75 volts on the
> charge over the last 4 days.  This seems like a lot.
>
> When I remove the cable from the negative terminal of the battery (its a
> negative ground car) connect one end of my ammeter onto the negative
> terminal on the battery and the other end to the cable removed from the
> battery, the ammeter (set to read current of less than 10A) does not
> register a draw.  However, when I use a 12 volt light and connect it to the
> same points`, the light goes on ever so slightly.
>
> Today I noticed a very faint humming from the alternator and it was a
> little warmer to the touch than the other parts of the engine. When I
> disconnect the alternator from the solenoid, the humming went away and when
> I tested it with the light the light did not light up - no draw.  I can’t
> see anywhere else the draw could be coming from.  I’ve pulled all the fuses
> one by one to see if there is power being drawn from each circuit - with
> the alternator hooked up, there is no draw registered.
>
> This is the second new alternator I’ve had on the car in the last 60
> days.  I had the issue before I exchanged the old alternator and the
> problem continued when I installed it.  Could it be another bad
> alternator??  Are alternators exceptionally sensitive or just not made very
> well these days?
>
> Thank you for any light that can be shed on this.
>
> Price Lindsay
> 67 BJ8
>
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