Rickety Bones
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Looks like my alternator is bad in my mep 005a, does anyone know where I can get a new or used one ?
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I suppose that would work, charger might not be regulated like the alt would be. What's wrong with the alternator?to expensive for me, thinking of just removing the guts of the alternator, replacing the bearings and using it as the idler pulley for the fan belt and buying a 24v battery charger that runs on 120v ac for it. i think it will accomplish the same thing.
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rick
stator, regulator and armature is SMOKED !!!
black and crispy, stick a fork in it, its DONE>>>>>
HAHA
the alt is rated at 35 AMPS, I just found a 35 amp 24V regulated battery charger for 70 bucks.
i think that might work just fine
I ask my alt guy why this unit smoked so bad, he said that if the battery's are not fully charged, the alt overheated and that's why it smoked it. he said alternators are not designed to recharge dead batteries and that I should always make sure that the batteries are well charged before starting it
... I ask my alt guy why this unit smoked so bad, he said that if the battery's are not fully charged, the alt overheated and that's why it smoked it. he said alternators are not designed to recharge dead batteries and that I should always make sure that the batteries are well charged before starting it
Maybe someone tried to slave start something from the generator?
Agreed I cant conceive the military would put something in that would require such attention to detail as not to have to dead a battery for the alt to not go up in smoke. Sounds like something went wrong inside the alt. How much did Delks want for an alt?
The alternator should still not have blown...
If you're not in a big hurry, I may have an extra alternator (from an MEP4)...have a couple units that may not be worth fixing but would serve a donor units...but it'll take a few months before I get to these....have several to work on ahead of these....Looks like my alternator is bad in my mep 005a, does anyone know where I can get a new or used one ?