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Ritey,

Just got back from Le Mans in the cos, awesome drive to say the least, some very very nice cars etc about there...
And now the voltmeter wants to play silly buggers....
It seems to vary its reading anywhere between 14v, and can go as low as an indicated 10v.
However, the battery light never comes on, and according to my volt meter, i'm getting neigh on 14 ish volts at the bat all of the time anyhow.

Any ideas where to start looking?
The weird thing is, if the voltage looks low, i can around 50% of the time put my window up or down, and it will climb back up to normal!
Don't you love shonkey old escorts!

Cheers

tim10_10

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Most likely the relay for it, dnt ask me what one it is though as i cant remember just ordered it from fords.

Damo V

earth issue IMO

THE RADMAN

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im with damo

Rolls

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cheers guys - i'll have to have a look through my workshop manuals..
Any idea where it earths though- im guessing behind the dash somewhere?

Damo V

I would go for main ones in engine bay first, then those by fuse box and inertia switch, then take clocks out..

Rolls

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Cheers Damo - looks like i've got a fun weekend coming up!

Redkop

All I can say is 'best of luck' trying to sort this.

Have been trying to sort same sort of issue out on my car for ages.

Hopefully the issue will be resolved this week....

Rolls

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Marvelous! - looks like i'll be getting a sec's monitor sooner rather than later

Redkop

That could compound the problem even more.... it was my SECs that picked up that I have a voltage problem. I've had a new battery and alternator fitted and SECs read even lower then

I'm not say the SECs is the problem though btw.... it's just that it is far more detailed than the standard volt meter gauge the Escos has and therefore, picks up even more fluctuations in voltage readings.

Paul Eggleton

Rich, it happened to me once, I put my fluke across the battery whilst driving a long and it read a healthy 13.2v whilst the gauge read 8 or so. The gauge then corrected itself and it never happened again. Obviously its decided to do it again. Karl Norris told me it was a common problem with the gauge.

DaveEscos

is 13.2 healthy!?????

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Paul- yeah, when i borrowed my bro's voltmeter it reads 13.8 -13.9 when driving, so all is well there - gota love escort's at times

I'll have a play around at the weekend with the earths etc...- from searching on various forum's it does seems pretty common!

Paul Eggleton

I thought anything over 13 was healthy Dave, especially on a 12 volt system

DaveEscos

dunno Paul

I used to poo my pants when the secs monitor read 13.2...

thats why I upped the voltage reg to 14v

Damo V

Should be at least 13.8 at battery when charging IMO