Re: RE: Alternator shop and Alt number

From: Christopher Albers (Christopher.Albers(at)bubbs.biola.edu)
Date: Wed Sep 20 2000 - 13:10:35 CDT


JGross(at)econolite.com writes:
>Have you considered that possibly the heat of the nearby header tubes
>might be causing electronic drift of the regulator?
>I doubt that the hitach alternator was designed to have such a hot
>component so near by.

For what it's worth, I wrapped my stainless steel headers in the
asbestos-like header tape. There is a significant decrease in heat
around the carbs and the alternator as a result. Those headers very
nearly wrap around the alt, so high heat could likely be a problem.

CNA



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