Me again! with a Landrover issue!

[paul connor]

Ok, landrover has been running fine.. done many miles!

From time to time the alternator light has come on.. but wiggle the big lead at the bottom it goes out! says to me a loose or broken connector.

 

Last night got called out to pick up my new girly from a party and the landrover went well, but upon getting home i stupidly turned the lights from on! on convoy tail! and did not notice!

 

So this morning upon trying to start the batteries were near dead and not able to fire the engine! and not able to get the new lovely lady to work! oops!

 

RAC come out, and jumped the landy.. upon testing the battery charge seemed the alternator was not charging?? odd i though as i have used it for 2-3 weeks and its been fine?

 

he tested the connector coming to the alternator and it had 2 seperate 12v lives ? is this norm?

 

Im just not convinced i need a new one! and his way of testing the batteries was not really convincing to me! i would use a volt meter! he used some odd thing that clipped around the wire and measured something with out making contact??!

 

If i do need one, where is best to get one? its the 90A FFR one 24V

 

help would be grand.... any ideaS?

 

[Marmite!!]

Im just not convinced i need a new one! and his way of testing the batteries was not really convincing to me! i would use a volt meter! he used some odd thing that clipped around the wire and measured something with out making contact??!

 

 

Clip meters are very good at messuring voltage & current...

[sirhc]

There are always no. 10 alterators on ebay, if all else fails try the dealers, but they won't be cheap! I've had more problems with the panels then the alternators.

[paul connor]

the dist panel behind the passenger seat?

 

I have no idea what im looking at with that really!

 

 

[ArtistsRifles]

Paul,

 

I've got a spare - PM me if interested mate!!

[commander]

If your still stuck I have a spare one

Commander

[sirhc]

Clive has written a good article for fault finding on these charging systems. Try looking in his section of the forum.

 

Chris

[79x100]

I used to forget the lights regularly on my 109 GS. That's what the cranked handle clipped behind the seat is for :-)

[ian2b]

Last night got called out to pick up my new girly from a party and the landrover went well, but upon getting home i stupidly turned the lights from on! on convoy tail! and did not notice!

So this morning upon trying to start the batteries were near dead and not able to fire the engine! and not able to get the new lovely lady to work! oops!

 

 

Paul fit a battery isolator switch then at least everything is turned off. Unless you forget to use the isolator. :whistle:

[Tony B]

Frosts do a good one that fits straight onto the terminal of the battery, great if you don't want to drill holes.

[Mark]

Have you got the link Tony, you know what Paul is like :whistle:

[Tony B]

 

http://www.frost.co.uk/ Dah dah! not the cheapeast place but they do have some very useful kit. Item E150 Battery cut out switch.

[ArtistsRifles]

Frosts do a good one that fits straight onto the terminal of the battery, great if you don't want to drill holes.

 

 

Mines in the L/H handbrake plate - out of the way yet accessible without having to remove lumps of steel lid!! :-D :-D :-D

 

Saved my bacon a few times when I've thought I've turned the lights off and left the tails on!!