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ALTERNATOR - STARTING - HELP
Fitted a brand new Lucas Alternator to small boat diesel engine - no
charge to batteries - wiring checked and ok - Alternator brushes and diodes all checked out ok - some one told me you have to induce magnetism into a new Alternator by running it under load at over 2000 revs - my engine wont go that fast - someone else told me you can shock it - Q how what terminals etc Cheers BB |
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ALTERNATOR - STARTING - HELP
Does your charge warning light work ?
I may be wrong , but I seem to remember that an alternator needs the charge warning light to be working for it to work , something to do with the inducing magnetism thing I think Which teminal its wired to I couldnt tell you (well I could but i might be wrong) , any car workshop manual should be able to point you in the right direction. Hope this helps "boatyboaty" wrote in message om... Fitted a brand new Lucas Alternator to small boat diesel engine - no charge to batteries - wiring checked and ok - Alternator brushes and diodes all checked out ok - some one told me you have to induce magnetism into a new Alternator by running it under load at over 2000 revs - my engine wont go that fast - someone else told me you can shock it - Q how what terminals etc Cheers BB |
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ALTERNATOR - STARTING - HELP
Hello there BB......There's just little bits of truth about certain
setups with the advice you've been given by "someones". What exact p/n or model (prefer) Lucas alternator are you using? Can you supply a diagram of your connection? What rpm do you normally operate and what is the mechanical step-up ratio to your alternator (i.e. 2:1 3:1 or actual pulley or gearing sizes). Are the batteries chargeable (not sulphated and/or open circuit)? One thing that I've found overlooked on marine installs sometimes is that an alternator may be built with a floating (not case) ground.....if so is this connected? I've also seen situations where the pivot and adjust bracket were rubber isolated and were also electrically isolating the case from ground.....a ground strap was left off in this case. Is there a battery master and/or isolator switch associated with this boat.....in some the alternator output is routed to charge either or both or even neither (lots of variations exist out there). What say? |
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