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[OMEGA VXR]

Hi yeah its still pulsating but not that regular! Sods law it wouldnt pulsate while the RAC man was here he was on it for at least 45 mins he tested everything with a digital metre plus he used a gadget to test what current was passing through each and every wire, he couldnt find any fault with it.
Hes told me to take the alternator to C & G in Thurmaston to get it checked out.
What else can i do!!!!!!

[Matchless]

Still sounds like the alternator, you could go for a rebuilt or exchange unit or get one from a breakers, check the brushes, contacts, bearings etc and swap over.

[Kevin Wood]

Sadly digital meters are rubbish for detecting pulsing signals. That's when I get one of my trusty old AVOs out!

Kevin

[Andy B]

...... That's when I get one of my trusty old AVOs out!

Kevin

I came across one of them where I worked last year. The time before that was the physics lab at school (more than 25 yrs ago!!   )    

[Matchless]

...... That's when I get one of my trusty old AVOs out!

Kevin

I came across one of them where I worked last year. The time before that was the physics lab at school (more than 25 yrs ago!!   )    

Its an analogue world so you need an analogue meter.  

[TheBoy]

I leant my avo8 to my brother, and in his words 'possesion is 9/10 of the law....'

  

[Kevin Wood]

After finishing off quite a nice digital meter by touching it on the wrong pin of an oscilloscope tube base (on 1kv range, and the pin can't have had more than about 2kv on it), I've re-kindled my interest in avos.

Cheap as chips on e-bay. Buy a couple and if there are problems it's easy enough to make yourself a working one!

Model 8 isn't that bad for sensitivity either, unlike the model 7 I was brought up on.

Kevin