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And NO. Overcharging any battery is not a good thing. It will, most definately, shortern their life. All of the bad batteries I have seen leak around the post. The opening (crack) is not always obvious.

I like this puzzle.
 
Ed_K said:
On the battery switch in trunk. It goes on the small terminal on the back of the switch.
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I've got only the one wire running from the switch to the frame. Is there supposed to be another wire?
 
Scott,
Definitely check the new regulator.
I went through 3 from one of the BIG suppliers before I got one that worked properly.
Mike
 
Hi Scott,
Here’s a crappy photo of the back of my cut-off switch as I found it in my car. I’m not sure why the ground strap bypasses the switch (switch seems to work), but you can see where the white/ black wire hooks up through that little hole and gets tightened down by the screw at the top of the terminal post.
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Hi Greg. Thanks for the pic. I don't have that wire, and I have no idea what it does or where the other end is connected. Do you know? Thanks.
 
shg,aside from the voltage regulator,perhaps the guy that installed the new battery had first put it in backwards/charged the batt rev. polarity then realizing his mistake and turned it around after it got very hot then you found the broblem later on? the battery may have been over boost charged? another thing ive seen these wonderful battery guys do with a new battery is stick a screw driver in one or two of the caps an short out the plates to get the unit "hot" charged? it works but the new unit has a "short" and dangerous life! p.s. check your p.m."s /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/savewave.gif
 
nah, the guy who put in the battery is a Healey guy. No monkey business.

So I just checked the voltage. 13.5 at idle, and over 15 when I cranked it up. It would have been higher but my mulitmeter only goes up to 15. So, it looks like calibration wins. At least for now. So now I have to figure out how to calibrate the sucker. Back off the cutoffs? Oy vey.

Anthony, now you check yer pms.
 
SHG said:
Hi Greg. Thanks for the pic. I don't have that wire, and I have no idea what it does or where the other end is connected. Do you know? Thanks.
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HI SHG, The other end of that wire connects to the coil on the terminal that also connects a B/W wire to the Distributor. Initially, that terminal on the coil included two B/W wires in a single female Lucar connector. Don't worry about its being missing only worry when its there. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif Its purpose is to ground the ignition circuit when the cut off SW is in the off position.---Keoke


Creg, the switch was by passed because it may have intermittently caused problems . Funny he did not diconnect the B/W wire too.-Keoke?
 
shg, you can search "mga guru" go to their tech tip on voltage regulator, they give a good description of how it functions its very much like the healey and work with the info on page 164 in your healey owners workshop manual you should be able to tackle this one easily. oh and "radio shackle" get youself a slightly better meter $15-$20. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/savewave.gif
 
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