RE: [alfa] Re: simplified alternator question

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I've always heard that disconnecting the battery with the engine
running 
> was a sure-fire way to destroy the diodes (rectifiers) in an
alternator, 
> although it may be a valid test on a generator equipped car.  Perhaps
if 
> your alternator was OK on the bench, it may not be now.  Most of the
parts 
> stores around here have a testing machine they'll roll out to your
car, 
<snip>

I've jump started and run alternator equipped Alfas with no batteries
installed on more than one occasion, and never suffered any lasting
effects.

Ymmv,

bs
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