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Old 11-30-2010, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by LoosBenz View Post
I'm pretty sure you have an alternator that uses an "exciter" circuit to make the alternator charge at lower RPMs...
Just like every other alternator in existence.


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If that circuit isn't intact, the engine will have to be revved-up to RPMs one would normally see while driving to initiate charging.
If the field excitation circuit is not intact, no amount of revving is going to move any electrons.


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This might explain why you see normal charging voltage only after driving for a time.
You don't agree with the "afterglow" theory?
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