From: Glen Closson (glen_closson@earthlink.net)
Date: Fri Mar 10 2006 - 20:15:17 PST
Also,
Interestingly enough, alternators are 3 phase AC.
Regards,
Glen
"Chance favors the prepared mind." ~ Louis Pasteur
-----Original Message-----
The symptoms will include:
Batteries going flat overnight or over some time period, flickering lights
headache, fever, bleeding from the gums, sinus infection, fallen arches,
You can prove / disprove the alternator problem by removing the large + lead
(1) put an ammeter in series, to see how much, if any, current is leaking,
apb
----- Original Message -----
| Art,
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From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On Behalf
Of Arthur Bloom
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 7:39 PM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MV] Mutt Batteries 6TL
when running,
incontinence, sexual dysfunction, ...oh sorry...been watching too much
late-night TV...where was I ?...
that runs from the alternator to the battery, and doing either of these:
or
(2) watch carefully for a spark when you put it back on, or
(3) leave it off and see if the battery is flat after a similar length of
time.
From: "Bruce Kalin" <convoy@mtaofnj.us>
To: "Arthur Bloom" <m35prod@optonline.net>
Cc: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 10:30 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Mutt Batteries 6TL
| If the alternator diodes are going bad will they manifest symptoms other
| than drawing current from the batteries? The reason I am asking is that
| my truck has recently been drawing down the batteries overnight, which
| it never did before. Other than that, I am not having any problems with
| it. New batteries were tried, and it still does the same thing.
| Bruce
|
| Arthur Bloom wrote:
|
| >You have been incorrectly informed. A defective alternator, military or
| >civilian, will draw down a battery. A non-defective one will not.
| >The defect is generally shorted diodes. There are several in an
alternator.
| >If one or more short out, there will be a draw. See an alternator wiring
| >diagram, and you will understand why.
| >
| >apb
| >
|
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| Bruce Kalin
| East Coast Convoy Coordinator
| USMCMTA, MVPA, MTANJ, NCMVPA
|