My newly acquired 500F runs nicely and everything works, but the battery was going completely dead in minutes.
After some investigating with a multimeter, I found there was no resistance at all between the positive and negative battery leads
My attention was drawn to the suspiciously shiny and new regulator. And, after opening it up, I'm surprised the car operated normally. The fuse is blown and has shorted against the adjacent pin, there's a lot of melted plastic inside and one of the gaps has bridged itself.
The corrosion inside the case suggests that water has got in (due to the rubber backing being damaged?) but I wanted to check some things with you all before I put a new one in:
1. is there likely to be any other cause for the regulator dying that I should check first? There's a chance that this one died because it got wet, but the original one may have been replaced for another reason.
2. Are there any faults (such as melted wires) I should look for that could have been caused by running the car with this failed unit in place? Everything seems fine.
Thanks for your help.
After some investigating with a multimeter, I found there was no resistance at all between the positive and negative battery leads
My attention was drawn to the suspiciously shiny and new regulator. And, after opening it up, I'm surprised the car operated normally. The fuse is blown and has shorted against the adjacent pin, there's a lot of melted plastic inside and one of the gaps has bridged itself.
The corrosion inside the case suggests that water has got in (due to the rubber backing being damaged?) but I wanted to check some things with you all before I put a new one in:
1. is there likely to be any other cause for the regulator dying that I should check first? There's a chance that this one died because it got wet, but the original one may have been replaced for another reason.
2. Are there any faults (such as melted wires) I should look for that could have been caused by running the car with this failed unit in place? Everything seems fine.
Thanks for your help.
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