ok, more musings....

if alternator was putting out an varying voltage, ie surging,
shouldn't the battery be able to absorb that a bit/ dampen it out? or
maybe not...

are the battery terminals good and tight and clean?

maybe you need a honkin big 1 farad cap inthe system :)

alistair

On 21-May-10, at 8:43 AM, Mike Rocket J Squirrel wrote:

Alistair Bell wrote:
> just talking out of my ass, if you know what I mean, but have a
> look at brushes, see if within spec.

Wouldn't a brushes problem vary with engine rpms? This was dead
steady regardless of engine speed or ground speed.

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