SOC - alternator arcs

car goes in for a stern fixing tomorrow[1].

I got it running yesterday after a lovely charge went into the battery,
got home today and the car is under 2 inches of snow... probably not the
best environment to ask a worn out car with an ill charging system to
start in, it turned over nicely, but only fired once in a blue moon.

So, I took the HT leads of and blew wd40 in the ends, at the engine end
I've neglected the middle two cylinders because I can't get the HT leads
off in the dark. Anyway, that was good enough to make the fires start.

The battery is now off the car and back on charge because I did crank it
over a bunch of times and I really need to get it to the garage tomorrow.

[1]Crux of the issue:

foot on go pedal, vroom.
foot off go pedal, a spark from somewhere down near the alternator.
at idle, 14V across the battery, no wobbling.

What makes alternators dump excess charge to ground the wrong way?

 

didn't you have a Saab like that? Oh no, the problem was on the bridge,
wasn't he?

 

Nah, the problem was in das boot.

 

The rear wiper doesn't seem to wiggle, it's a SOC.

 

On a brighter note it looks like Saab might get a lifeline after all

 

Alternator brushes.

 

Hah, I once forgot to reconnect a car earth strap before trying to
start it - I welded the throttle cable inner to its outer.

 

<g> Very good.

Paul.

 

I can imagine that would cause some head-scratching

 

What model was it again, an Ocean 11?

 

Saabmarine.

 

Turbot?

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Not original, I'm afraid. Somebody, possibly Hog, came up with it around
the time of the original immersion.

 

Hmm I can't even remember what happened exactly other than a perfectly
decent and endangered species was trashed