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Old 09-07-2020, 06:33 AM   #10
BRENT in 10-uh-C
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Default Re: Rebuild generator or move to alternator?

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Originally Posted by Mulletwagon View Post
Alternator - lifetime of trouble free service.
???

I have personally witnessed that not being the case. Self-exciting regulators have been know to fail since many of them have constant power to them (-that is until the battery goes dead after a few weeks of non-operation.)



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Originally Posted by GRutter View Post
Generators have been running these cars for 90 years with incandescent bulbs. Now with LED options there really isn't a compelling reason to change to an alternator in my opinion.
Very true statement
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