Andre foster wrote:
Wrote:
I made the mistake of disconnecting the battery in the boat while the
engine was running.
Now, as expected, my alternator is not producing juice to charge the
battery.
The alt. is on an older Ford 302 , is a 3 wire, and has an external
regulator.
What is it that goes when I made this mistake - the alternator or the
regulator?
Which should be replaced?
Thanks - Michael
Hello
To find out for sure you have to full field the alternator ,This mean's
you have to bypass the regulator i think by jumping the field and arm
wire.
if you have any questions you can e-mail me at
and i will give you a phone to contact me.
Andre Foster
Full field test:
Low RPM, watch the ammeter, jump BAT(12v) to FLD on alternator case. If
you get a jump in output, alt is probably OK.
If the regulator has failed, it would be a good time to upgrade to a
off-the-shelf solid state Ford external regulator(1979 & up electronic -
they are all ignition protected & quite inexpensive) & pigtail. NAPA
should have everything you need. The boat need not have a Ford engine
for this upgrade, just an external regulator. Those little "marine"
regulator bricks are ridiculously expensive!
Rob