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> That being said,
modern alternators and internal regulators are sooooo very reliable, that it's
almost
> paranoid to think
they will fail in a way that will damage anything in your electrical
system.
I disagree, Rusty. I've had a fried battery due to
overvoltage. One minute we're driving along, next minute the car just died.
Nothing. In the plane I used one of Bob Nuckoll's overvoltage units to drive a
breaker for the contactor and cut the B lead. I agree that fire from a severed
alternator is pretty unlikely. (I
hope).
John Slade
(trial fitting the intake
tonight)
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