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Rotten eggs and red hot batteries
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<blockquote data-quote="rlepecha" data-source="post: 569219" data-attributes="member: 19679"><p>First check for me would be the output from the alternator.</p><p></p><p>Start the bus and connect a multimeter to the positive pole on the starter battery and the other to ground, bring the revs up to around 2000rpm and see what the output is.</p><p></p><p>It should read something less than 14.5v but more than 13.8v. </p><p></p><p>Sounds like overcharging which is in turn boiling the battery acid, so if that reading is over 15v its likely the alternator is broken or its regulator is broken(some are replaceable I think)</p><p></p><p>Sent from my Siswoo C55 using Tapatalk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rlepecha, post: 569219, member: 19679"] First check for me would be the output from the alternator. Start the bus and connect a multimeter to the positive pole on the starter battery and the other to ground, bring the revs up to around 2000rpm and see what the output is. It should read something less than 14.5v but more than 13.8v. Sounds like overcharging which is in turn boiling the battery acid, so if that reading is over 15v its likely the alternator is broken or its regulator is broken(some are replaceable I think) Sent from my Siswoo C55 using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]
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