A few months ago, I realized my alternator on the deuce wasn't charging. Knowing how little the deuce relies on power, I just drove it off the batteries charging them up every couple drives. No big deal. A couple days I finally took it off the truck and opened up to find the main wire that goes to the output lug on the case arced and melted.
My grandfather looked at it and said the heatsink visible from the outside of the alternator near the center was 24 volts and he could run a jumper up to the main lug. But, this doesn't seem to make sense. Would they make an alternator with a raw, hot, heatsink where someone could accidentally drop a screwdriver and arc it out? It seems to meter out with this true as the heatsink shows continuity with the previously arced and melted wire and open circuit to other various spots on the case.
My grandfather looked at it and said the heatsink visible from the outside of the alternator near the center was 24 volts and he could run a jumper up to the main lug. But, this doesn't seem to make sense. Would they make an alternator with a raw, hot, heatsink where someone could accidentally drop a screwdriver and arc it out? It seems to meter out with this true as the heatsink shows continuity with the previously arced and melted wire and open circuit to other various spots on the case.
