Re: ihc-digest V5 #94 alternator troubles

[Steve Stegmann <stegmann@domain.elided>]

Scouters,

I'm behind in reading digests again.  Someone was asking about alternator 
troubles.

You will have to check out every alternator you get, new or rebuilt.  I 
can't tell you how many rebuilts were DOA.  

I just converted my Scout to a Summit 100amp one-wire.  $120.  Works 
great and hook up was a breeze.  One 8 gauge wire from alternator to 
battery.  That's it.  By the way,  when I got it I had to run it for a 
while to get it to work.  Almost like the brushes had to wear in a bit 
before it started working.  I exchanged the first for this problem and 
the second did it too so I'm just keeping it.  Summit was very prompt
with the exchanges but didn't know why it was doing that.

Steve
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