Peter

I have upgraded several of these installations on boats and have found that
the best way is to find a more modern car alternator that is self contained
that has the same mounting fittings and throw all the seperate relays and
control boxes away

The end result would be a better charging system with easier to get
replacement parts should that alternator fail. And also there are not many
people around who understand the older charging systems apart from the parts
being expensive and difficult to get.

The wiring on a new alternator is very easy, one heavy duty wire to the
battery and one small to a red indicator light on your dashboard and the
other wire from the red light to your ignition switch

Tony uk


"chuck" wrote in message
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Peter:

Here's a link to a very useful guide by Fluke.


http://assets.fluke.com/appnotes/aut...e/beatbook.pdf
beatbook.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Good luck!

Chuck