alleycat53
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1978 Dodge B300 w/5.9L.
Hi everyone!
New to the RV/Motor Home family.
I purchased this about a month ago and when I drove it home everything worked fine.
Two weeks ago I went camping and on the way home I noticed that the ammeter was showing discharge.
When I got a chance to look at it and did some meter tests found that the voltage at the battery was 12.8.
I charged it up and when I went to start it I noted the ammeter(dash) said about 14.8 when started but fairly quickly (10-15 seconds) dropped down to below 13.
So I attached a volt meter to the battery and restarted the engine and confirmed that the inside ammeter was correct.
So I replaced the external voltage regulator and still had the same problem.
Not sure where to go from here, I am assuming that the alternator is working correctly.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thank you ahead for taking the time to read this and maybe pointing me in the right direction.
Hi everyone!
New to the RV/Motor Home family.
I purchased this about a month ago and when I drove it home everything worked fine.
Two weeks ago I went camping and on the way home I noticed that the ammeter was showing discharge.
When I got a chance to look at it and did some meter tests found that the voltage at the battery was 12.8.
I charged it up and when I went to start it I noted the ammeter(dash) said about 14.8 when started but fairly quickly (10-15 seconds) dropped down to below 13.
So I attached a volt meter to the battery and restarted the engine and confirmed that the inside ammeter was correct.
So I replaced the external voltage regulator and still had the same problem.
Not sure where to go from here, I am assuming that the alternator is working correctly.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thank you ahead for taking the time to read this and maybe pointing me in the right direction.
