On Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:40:26 -0700 (PDT), Onetap wrote:

There's a page here that explains how disconnecting the alternator output
"causes a high, momentary, voltage surge that will damage the electronics in the regulator and the diodes".

http://www.tb-training.co.uk/MarineE08.html

That page and the technology it is showing is like travelling back in time 40
years. Alternator design has moved on a bit since then.

Didn't you used to be called thirty six or something similar?


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