[Public-List] alternator

[Andrew Johns]

 Acctually you can turn off the field current to the alternator (turn off
the key) with no problems, but you cant disconnect it from the load.

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:36 AM, gordon white <gewhite at crosslink.net>wrote:

>  I believe if the alternator has no load on it it will burn out the
> diodes. I definitely would not turn off the alternator while the engine is
> running. Maybe turn off electrical loads but not the entire system
>
>  - Gordon White, /Brigadoon II/
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