From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Xeno   wrote:   
   >On 12/5/2023 2:08 am, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   >> There isn't much to go wrong other than having the alternator go bad.   
   >   
   >What used to happen to them back in the 70s was that heat and vibration   
   >would damage the regulator - even with its encapsulation. A separate   
   >regulator mounted on the inner guard or firewall and in the underhood   
   >airflow was a much better arrangement.   
      
   Right, and modern silicon can be made a whole lot more tolerant.  The   
   original design used SCRs for switching because transistors were too   
   fragile, but now we have better transistors and even IGBTs for abuse at   
   high temperatures.   
      
   >> Mind you it is possible that the original poster's problem is that they   
   >> have a three-wire alernator or an alternator with external mechanical   
   >> voltage regulator and none of the other wiring is connected.   
   >   
   >Not enough detail in the OPs post to really know what's what.   
      
   This is precisely the issue, yes.   
   --scott   
      
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