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Old 01-10-2024, 03:00 AM   #17
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Default Re: Alternator that looks like a generator. Is there such a thing.

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Originally Posted by dean333 View Post
No personal experience but I have heard the alternator/generator look alikes don’t vent effectively therefore prone to overheating and failure. That’s the reason I decided against one for my 33.
Yep The original 33 generator I had on my early 34 fordor had no built in cooling vanes at the front -Whitney refused to make an alternator using the 33 casing due to the risk of overheating -We used a 34 generator casing with the inbuilt cooling vanes and it has been going strong for 6 years
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