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bishbosh
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The only sure test is voltage between yellow wires with the plug undone from reg/rec. Any AC voltage means the alternator is shorting to earth. A bulb designed to use 12v DC will not light up with low AC voltage, BB. Do you not trust your meter?
Ha, yeah I trust my meter, just a few people on here don't trust anyone's meter!!
The bulb thing was just so I can test for volts with a long reach and not have to balance the meter somewhere like when testing the horn.
Was thinking that if I remove the cover and with stator still in place can I pass a decent current (12v dc) down the yellow pins and test for circuit from the body of the stator/cover, that way if I can find where the insulation is damaged and touching the body I can fix and retest - or does the nature of the short only work with AC.
Just throwing out ideas really.