On Monday, December 12, 2016 at 9:13:40 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at 9:12:56 PM UTC-5, Michael Terrell wrote:
wrote:
On Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 9:52:29 PM UTC-5, Michael Terrell wrote:

I had a 'Barney Fife' type tell me to shut off the GTO in the middle
of the road, because the lights were dim. I told him that I wouldn't be
able to restart the engine, if I did. I told him that I had just bought
a new regulator to repair it, and that I was only 15 feet from my driveway.

The stupid #$%^&* pulled his gun on me and screamed that he was going
to kill me, if I moved the car.

You needn't have worried... Deputy Fife only carries one round and he keeps that in his shirt pocket.

This was before he shot himself in the foot, and Andy imposed that rule.


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Never **** off an Engineer!

They don't get mad.

They don't get even.

They go for over unity! ;-)

would have to know what type of alternator it is. many with an internal regulator need a positive voltage thru a resistor to charge at an idle. on many units, the resistor was the bulb in the idiot lite on the dash. units with gages had a resistor wired in. i dont recall the specs on the resistor. without that connection, there would be no charge at idle. the regulator would kick in at around 2000 rpm and charge. it would then charge fine at an idle , until the regulator cut out. with that load thru a bulb or resistor, the regulator doesnt need 2000 rpm to cut in.

Ford 2008 E250 does this when asked to power an inverter connected to the battery not Ford's computer system. The inverter has a whistler warning. If whistling on startup, the inverter is buttoned off then RPM raised to abt 1200 for 10 seconds then inverter on run back to cab n drive off before the damn thing changes its attitude. I assume this is the 'battery saver'

If the battery saver sees the load on the inverter is too high then on the second fail to restart with running ie not whistling inverter we give up n drive for 20minutes n stop to do over. The ectra charge usually runs inverter at a lesser load.

The saver is simple minded about its task. If 2 CTEK chargers are connected to inverter then a non whistling inverter is unlikely. One CTEK is probable but not 2. A CTEK is not asking for much voltage but... 2 buzzing at once is prob too much for the saver.