Yes and no. It won't drain the battery directly, but it will cause your alternator to not produce enough power for your electrical system, thus the battery makes up the difference and yes, it will drain with no way to recharge, since the alternator is not producing enough, or any power. If you own a Dodge ram, so you should bookmark this website below. They have a very full online forum that covers everything you would ever think of concerning Dodge Trucks. RamchargerCentral.com (I'm member ElectricSquid, check out the Project: TrenchBuster build)
Defective voltage regulator.
defective voltage regulator
It could be a bad battery or regulator. To check the regulator to see if it putting out the correct voltage check the battery voltage while the bike is running. It should be around 14 volts.
Bad voltage regulator
The vehicle should ave a voltage regulator. If the battery and alternator are good then the regulator is most likely bad.
With the engine running you should read 13.5 to 15.5 Volts DC at the battery posts. A reading much higher than this indicates the voltage regulator in the alternator is defective.
Yes possible. If switch does not open on engine shut down battery will drain If switch does not close on start up battery will not charge
The battery light comes on when the alternator output voltage is too low or too high. You have a wiring or regulator problem.The battery light comes on when the alternator output voltage is too low or too high. You have a wiring or regulator problem.
If the voltage regulator (usually located inside the alternator) were to go bad and not limit voltage to the battery quite possilby _yes
In a DC circuit, one alternate to the rheostat for controlling battery voltage is a voltage regulator. You could build a linear regulator, but you need to consider the power that might be dissipated - this would be the same amount of power dissipated by the rheostat. You could also build a switching regulator - this would be more complex, but it could be more efficient because the dissipation across the regulator would be less.
would it be my voltage regulator or a wiring problem
Voltage regulator is inside the rear of the alternator Vehicle will start and run until battery either goes dead (open regulator) or burns up (constantly closed regulator) due to overcharging