scootertrs
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My deuce Fire truck would start well and showed borderline green, but during a night response to a fire with all of the spots running as well as the emergency lights, even at a high idle, they got dimmer and dimmer until my battery voltage was under 18 Volts. Truck kept running... gotta love a deuce and the mechanical fuel shutoff... if it had been a 5 ton, I am afraid I would have been dead in the middle of the ordeal. Afterwards, I took the alternator off and while looking inside, the alternator looked like someone had placed an IED inside the regulator back.
I am curious though, is it worthwhile to have a spare regulator backup for an alternator or usually when the alternator goes south, all of it needs rebuilding. I am going to try posting as a new thread to see if it merits having a spare regulator. In other words, if I had carried a spare regulator back for my alternator that night, how likely is it that I would have been able to replace it and keep on working. Same goes for fixing a core, etc. I don't have a test bench to test alternators, nor do I have the knowledge... Best I can do is... burned armature ... no good... blown diode... no good... noisy bearing... no good... etc. etc. etc. Oh, and I can check voltage with a voltmeter.
Thanks
I am curious though, is it worthwhile to have a spare regulator backup for an alternator or usually when the alternator goes south, all of it needs rebuilding. I am going to try posting as a new thread to see if it merits having a spare regulator. In other words, if I had carried a spare regulator back for my alternator that night, how likely is it that I would have been able to replace it and keep on working. Same goes for fixing a core, etc. I don't have a test bench to test alternators, nor do I have the knowledge... Best I can do is... burned armature ... no good... blown diode... no good... noisy bearing... no good... etc. etc. etc. Oh, and I can check voltage with a voltmeter.
Thanks