Favorite alternator?
10-11-2018, 06:57 PM
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Favorite alternator?
My DB Electrical unit that’s one season old with about twenty hours on it crapped out nearly melted down the boat.
‘97 Mag MPI setup with the hot, ground, and small gauge wire. Two house batteries and another for starting. What’s the best setup here?
OSO FTW!
‘97 Mag MPI setup with the hot, ground, and small gauge wire. Two house batteries and another for starting. What’s the best setup here?
OSO FTW!
10-12-2018, 02:11 PM
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One heck of a way to the knock the ecm out. I know cause I have 2 ecms in now to repair for the same exact failure. One app had a DB elecltric alternator that Voltage was too high and the other OEM alternator went bad as well. That one was over 15 years old but the DB alternator was almost 2 years old only..
I have API alternators and starters -- Let me know if any interest.
I have API alternators and starters -- Let me know if any interest.
10-12-2018, 02:31 PM
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Two house batteries and another for starting. What’s the best setup here?
Don't have a favorite ALT, have used Merc because they came with the motor. One time tried a one wire (100 amp), it worked fine, but removed because I just didn't need that much. Its been sitting on the shelf for some years now.
If your also asking about what to use to hook up ALT, and 2 banks of bats, that's easy enough, but just want to understand the question(s) first
10-12-2018, 03:03 PM
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Not real sure if your asking one or more then one question.
Don't have a favorite ALT, have used Merc because they came with the motor. One time tried a one wire (100 amp), it worked fine, but removed because I just didn't need that much. Its been sitting on the shelf for some years now.
If your also asking about what to use to hook up ALT, and 2 banks of bats, that's easy enough, but just want to understand the question(s) first
Don't have a favorite ALT, have used Merc because they came with the motor. One time tried a one wire (100 amp), it worked fine, but removed because I just didn't need that much. Its been sitting on the shelf for some years now.
If your also asking about what to use to hook up ALT, and 2 banks of bats, that's easy enough, but just want to understand the question(s) first
One heck of a way to the knock the ecm out. I know cause I have 2 ecms in now to repair for the same exact failure. One app had a DB elecltric alternator that Voltage was too high and the other OEM alternator went bad as well. That one was over 15 years old but the DB alternator was almost 2 years old only..
I have API alternators and starters -- Let me know if any interest.
I have API alternators and starters -- Let me know if any interest.
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10-13-2018, 08:05 AM
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My Formula came with Start, House and Generator bats and the standard Merc ALT keeps them all changed
10-13-2018, 09:35 AM
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I had a starter from DB junk DB = don’t bother
