More alternator questions

[Leroy Eckert]

Don, one of my wires affects the tach on the #1 alternator. You can almost bet
that someone replaced the alternator along the way with a lower output
alternator. As previously posted, I found a lower rated alternator in my #2
position. I elected to spend the money an put factory spec alternators on the
coach. I have been fine since the change.

Leroy Eckert
1990WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors'
Niceville, FL


----- Original Message -----
From: Don Bradner
To: wanderlodge@yahoogroups.com ; WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 8:50 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] More alternator questions


Since we arrived home it has been extremely wet, making me not want to do much
about removing the rear alternator. Today, though, I did pull the plate under
the bed and remove the front alternator. It turns out to be a Prestolite
130-amp, which makes me wonder if it has been replaced, since it is spec'd as a
Motorola 160-amp.

I took it to a local automotive electrical shop, and they got no output on the
bench. They will dissassemble it tomorrow and give me a price to rebuild so I
can decide whether to do that or buy a new one.

Now the question: There was a wire connected to one of the three alternator
stator contacts? What was this? Tach maybe?

Don Bradner
90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
Eureka, CA





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