At 15:29 9/18/2000, Puzerewski wrote:

>Drove the Vanagon to the Battery store and had them test it for warranty.
>Tested good, but temp of battery was rising 147 degrees f and climbing with
>car off.

Rising because of heat soak to wherever you were measuring...the actual
rise happens while it's charging.

>  18 year old at battery store tested system (so he said) and told
>me there was a short somewhere that was causing the battery to boil.  Huh?
>
>It starts right up, and I saw that the battery had 14.3 on one test and 15.3
>volts on another test.  However the dude really did not know what he was
>doing.
>
>
>Voltage regulator bad?

Sure is.  Fix it quick -- thermal runaway in a charging battery can have
interesting results.  I'd unhook the alternator if you have to drive it to
get the replacement regulator...

david

>Adam Puzerewski
>81 westy
>74 beetle
>86 cabrio
>Vanagon Partsmobiles

David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"