RE: [ihc] Electrical....

["Isaac Hastings" <isaac.hastings@xxxxxxx>]

I wasn't really suggesting that you have a shorted trailer plug; just
that you may have an intermittent short somewhere.

Isaac Hastings
1965 IH 3/4 Ton 4x4 Travelall
http://isaac.healdsburg.net/travelall

----- Original Message -----
From: "Isaac Hastings" <isaac.hastings@domain.elided>
To: <ihc@domain.elided>
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 09:12
Subject: RE: [ihc] Electrical....


> My dad had these exact symptoms on his Ford van once. It turned out
that
> his trailer plug had gotten wet and was intermittently shorting to the
> back bumper. The surges and drops in power were due to the alternator
> trying to meet the additional intermittent load.
>
> You might try temporarily hooking up a voltmeter and watching that as
> well.
>
> Isaac Hastings
> 1965 IH 3/4 Ton 4x4 Travelall
> http://isaac.healdsburg.net/travelall
>

I'll need to check that trailer harness.. I could see it have gotten cut
on
something back there... except... I only have a flat plug back there,
there
shouldn't be any power to any of those circuits just going down the
road...
guess that rules that one out....

-Ryan


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