[Tigers] Over Heating in traffic

[Smit, Theo]

Hi all,
Stu is right, I oversimplified the description of what the voltage
regulator does. Most often, when the gauge voltage regulator fails and
the gauges still appear to work, the gauges end up reading high because
they're being fed a steady battery voltage, which could reach to 14
volts when the engine is running. So the easiest test for proper
operation of the regulator is that its output is switching between 0
volts and the battery voltage... You might be able to see this with a
meter or with a test-light (if it's a LED based test light, it responds
much more quickly to the regulator switching than a regular bulb).

In John's case he's asserted that he's using a mechanical gauge so the
regulator is not the problem... But for anyone else that is suspicious
of the gauge readings, it's a good place to start.

Theo