On 23/04/18 08:53, Chris Bartram wrote:
On 22/04/2018 21:48, Jim K wrote:
[snip]

Shurely if it is an alternator there's no need for a separate
Â* regulator as such?

(If a dynamo then there is)

An alternator with a failed (or none-existent) regulator will boil a
battery dry (and probably cook the electrics) in a very short order.

Since the regulator often contains the rectifier dioides, it may do
worse han that!


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