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Old 08-24-2020, 12:52 PM   #53
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Default Re: Generator or alternator ?

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Originally Posted by tubman View Post
When you run a regulator alternator, don't you have to run one of those commercially available diode dohickeys to keep the current from feeding back? I seem to remember I had to do that when I put the GM alternator on the 276" merc in my '36 about 25 years ago.

Speedway has them : https://www.speedwaymotors.com/Speed...mpaign=CSEGOOG.
The PowerGen is a one wire and I think the diode "dohickey" is built into the "innards"....at least it is on mine.
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