Alan,
I have Blue Sea panel, instead of a 1-both-2 Perko switch, so
disconnecting the house batteries is not an option.
Gary
S/V Kaykarah
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On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 11:21 AM, ALAN BERGEN via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> If you switch between starting battery an
If you switch between starting battery and house batteries, and your master
switch isn't a make before break, you can have the issue you're referring
to. In other words, when moving to a different switch position, the switch
should momentarily go from starting to both to house.
Alan Bergen
35 Mk
The consensus seems to be that turning off the key did not kill my
alternator and it was just a coincidence that the problem showed up shortly
after turning off the switch. I have no way of disconnecting my batteries
from the alternator. I guess it just "died". Thanks for all your
collective wis
I shut off the ignition all the time, have done for years...makes less
beeper noise when I actually turn off the motor, but it is always at idle
and never with a big load on the alt. I did install a Perko battery switch
that has an alternator field disconnect in it so that if the battery switch
get
Subject: Re: Stus-List Alternator Failure
Hi Steve,
Perfect explanation! That makes sense to me. I never understood why
turning off the key would create the reverse voltage, and perhaps it was just a
coincidence that the alternator was noticed to be dead a week or so after the
key wa
regulator in shutting off the "ignition" than to the output
> rectifier diodes.
>
>
> Steve Thomas
> C&C27 MKIII
> Port Stanley, ON
>
> - Original Message -
> *From:* Gary Russell via CnC-List
> *To:* C&C List
> *Cc:* Gary Russell
>
er diodes.
Steve Thomas
C&C27 MKIII
Port Stanley, ON
- Original Message -
From: Gary Russell via CnC-List
To: C&C List
Cc: Gary Russell
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 07:36
Subject: Stus-List Alternator Failure
Well, It's happened again. The "ignition&quo
, 2016 7:37 AM
To: C&C List
Cc: Gary Russell
Subject: Stus-List Alternator Failure
Well, It's happened again. The "ignition" key on my diesel got shut off while
the engine was running (before stopping the engine with the stop lever) and it
fried the diodes in the alternator.
Russell
Subject: Stus-List Alternator Failure
Well, It's happened again. The "ignition" key on my diesel got shut off while
the engine was running (before stopping the engine with the stop lever) and it
fried the diodes in the alternator.
Question #1. Can anyone explain the
Well, It's happened again. The "ignition" key on my diesel got shut off
while the engine was running (before stopping the engine with the stop
lever) and it fried the diodes in the alternator.
Question #1. Can anyone explain the failure mechanism to me?
Question #2. On my last boat I was able
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