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That's when one of the wires wrapped around and around the alternator (used to generate electric fields and current when in motion) breaks, causing a partial open circuit. Not as much of a field leads to the inability of the alternator to generate any reasonable amounts of current (like not even enough to light up the alternator warning light) and eventual battery death.
Don't assume your brushes are good just because they are new. The set of brushes on a rebuilt-by-imbeciles alternator currently in my '92 S lasted five thousand miles. The brushes both need to be more than 5 mm long to make decent contact with the commutator. If you have short brushes, you may be dealing with early warning signs.
Posts in this Thread:
- battery warning light revisted, MS, Mon, 28 May 2007 21:39:09
- Re: battery warning light revisted, Paul Clifton, Wed, 30 May 2007 07:00:19
- Did you check the wire to the alternator?, Chaz, Tue, 29 May 2007 17:21:40
- Re: battery warning light revisted, Saana88 , Tue, 29 May 2007 17:06:19
- Re: battery warning light revisted, oldsaab, Mon, 28 May 2007 23:20:50
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