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Smoked altenator
03-06-2006, 02:08 PM
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Smoked altenator
Can you smoke an alternator on a dyno? Had my engine dyno and for some reason when they started the engine the alternator started smoking. They unhooked all the wires from it and then ran it like that. Now my alternator is bad.The alternator was fine before and now isn't. What are the chances this happened on the dyno.
03-06-2006, 07:13 PM
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Re: Smoked altenator
if you ground the orange wire it will blow the breaker at the starter before damaging the alternator -your ignition relay will also need resetting before that would happen-sounds to me like it was just coinsidence-or maybe you need to buy an alternator for a 1200hp motor-now thats what I call hp-only kiddin
03-06-2006, 07:19 PM
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Re: Smoked altenator
Originally Posted by mr mercruiser
if you ground the orange wire it will blow the breaker at the starter before damaging the alternator -your ignition relay will also need resetting before that would happen-sounds to me like it was just coinsidence-or maybe you need to buy an alternator for a 1200hp motor-now thats what I call hp-only kiddin
in a boat you are 100% right on a dyno its prob not wired with breaker or square fuse
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03-06-2006, 07:50 PM
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Re: Smoked altenator
Originally Posted by 1BIGJIM
Dyno. Why would you hook it up anyway?
or if you do its just to checkit or use the pulley thats why I said what I did
03-07-2006, 06:22 AM
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Re: Smoked altenator
I wish I knew more about this. I'll probable have to eat the price of a new alternator. I figured if it was fine before and when they started the engine the alternator started smoking. You would think HOLY CHIT we screwed something up. Then after that if the unit was bad, have enough balls to say hey I screwed up let me take care of it. But that never happens. 
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