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Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

11-06-2019, 21:20

Replies: 128

Cruising Without Alternator (Temporarily)

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Posted By RaymondR

Re: Cruising Without Alternator (Temporarily)

Nah, he was in a place where he did not know if he could get professional help and wanted to know what were his chances of getting to one where he could. The interminable posts were from folks with...

Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

11-06-2019, 00:23

Replies: 128

Cruising Without Alternator (Temporarily)

Views: 15,240

Posted By RaymondR

Re: Cruising Without Alternator (Temporarily)

Worn brushes causing little spring force allowed brushes to become stuck in the brush holders.

Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

10-06-2019, 13:32

Replies: 128

Cruising Without Alternator (Temporarily)

Views: 15,240

Posted By RaymondR

Re: Cruising Without Alternator (Temporarily)

Easily detected fault with a simple test.

Like most of us I did not know a lot about alternators before I took up boating in remote places. I have the alternator subject pretty well covered now...

Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

07-06-2019, 19:05

Replies: 128

Cruising Without Alternator (Temporarily)

Views: 15,240

Posted By RaymondR

Re: Cruising Without Alternator (Temporarily)

In my opinion the mains voltage AC genset aboard the smaller cruising sailing yacht should be a thing of the past. Fairly high capacity inverters are cheaply available and a small gas engine driven...

Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

06-06-2019, 01:00

Replies: 128

Cruising Without Alternator (Temporarily)

Views: 15,240

Posted By RaymondR

Re: Cruising Without Alternator (Temporarily)

Do you have this Balmar document?

Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

05-06-2019, 19:02

Replies: 128

Cruising Without Alternator (Temporarily)

Views: 15,240

Posted By RaymondR

Re: Cruising Without Alternator (Temporarily)

I seem to recall that the ignition switch connection to the alternator is just to provide a small amount of rotor current to initiate charging and once power generation is established it's no longer...

Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

04-06-2019, 19:27

Replies: 128

Cruising Without Alternator (Temporarily)

Views: 15,240

Posted By RaymondR

Re: Cruising Without Alternator (Temporarily)

:thumb::thumb:

And the only two warning indicators you really need are the oil pressure and water temperature and they will only come on if there is a problem.

If your diesel has a mechanical...

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