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    Alternator upgrade

    Hello everybody, newbie here on the scrounge for info. My alternator is faulty on my motorhome and I can't find a 140amp replacement locally but I can find a 110 amp version of the same Bosch part. If I change the regulator which I can get cheaply enough then will this increase the max Amps out...
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    Laguna new battery discharging

    Renault Laguna Estate Mk1 1997 2litre. Had it for about 10yrs. Still 83000 kms on clock. Fanastic car. Husband formally a car mechanic now disabled with dementia ! Problem now – Bought new battery because the other one although only two years old appeared to be failing. However the new...
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    'powdering' of alternator belts...

    I thought my old alternator was toast (after all, it was 15 years old), but a brand new one is doing exactly the same thing: the belt is snug (and only a month old), but my system is barely charging, or not charging at all, but the belt is squealing and heating up the pulley at moderate RPM, as...
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    Battery Not Charging

    Hi guys I have Nissan N15 SSS 1995 model and recently my car started to have battery issues where it won't charge so I went and bought a new battery and as it happened it wasn't the battery that was faulty it was the alternator. So I bought a new alternator and installed it properly but now the...
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    vectra battery light

    vectra 2.0l diesel 03 plate my brothers vectra the dials kept dropping and battery light flashing on , few weeks later it happened again and stayed on so he called out the RAC And the boy told him it was the alternator so he got one from the scrappys and got it fitted , a week later the same...
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    Alternator problem.

    The red light came on in my son's Renault Panel Van and after he had taken the sump guard of he found a wire loosely held in by what he described as wax. He pulled I out and stuffed it back in and the red light went out. He got to work about four miles away and the red light was on again I...
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    transit minibus flat battery

    Transit minibus Flat batteries in the morning Alternator working correctly With vehicle idle & all of there is a discharge if 0.31A Is this correct ? Is there anything which could cause a draw in the battery like this ? Would a draw in the batteries of 0.31A be enough to drain a charged...
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    no start without alternator

    I did the head gasket on my disco at the week-end after it was all done I tried to start it without the PAS waterpump and alternator belt on, turned over but no start, fuel to injectors ok, so I put the battery on charge and fitted the belt, hoses etc, tried again and started right way, someone...
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    HELP - Autosparks - Diode testing on Alternator Rectifier ??

    Hi All Got an old Combo Van with no output from alternator. Stripped it down and check rotor/fields and all OK. Desoldered rectifier from field and it has 6 diodes, put a fluke on them set to diode and have open circuit one way and .541 to .546 (with quick BEEP) the opposing way, presuming...
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    how to check alternator of Genset

    I have a 30 kw Genset, why when turned on, do not read volts on a volt meter. but the voltage read, after I shift the change over switch on the generator line. genset: toyota dyna engine, 30 kw 3 phase alternator
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    DC 12V ~ UNUSED ELEC generated by Alternator OR Solar Panels: DISAPATATED OK?

    My point here is, surely if generated ELECTRIC (DC 12 Volts: Solar Power or Alternator) has no immediate STORAGE (Car/Leisure BATTERY), then surely this generated ELECTRIC is DISAPATATED to nothing, or some HEAT. Either: ~ The unused electrical charge passes as HEAT (That is the electrical...
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    Using car alternator to heat water

    Hi I am an automation engineer, so i have a fair electrical understanding but it's limited so bear with me. I have a motor which runs (over belts) a vacuum pump at roughly 1300rpm. It runs for a little over 2 hours a day. The idea was to put an ordinary car alternator on the belts and use it...

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