I've recently had another alternator installed--the second one this year--and a new battery. Last week I had a dead battery while on the road. A local mechanic, after spending three days tracing what appears to be an intermittent charging problem, gave the van back with the admonition that *it's working now, but I don't like that alternator.* He did say that the exciter wire to the alternator should be carrying twelve volts but it isn't, and after driving around with no problems for a few days, yesterday I had a dead battery again. The original alternator was replaced while on the road a couple hundred miles from home, so I didn't want to drive back up there just for a replacement under warranty. Now I'm suspecting that the problem may not be the alternator at all. Does anyone have any ideas? TIA. Bob Trousdale 90 Westy |
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