Quote Originally Posted by Bill Greenwood View Post
After installing an oh alternator, and doing a run up, it is normal. No acrid smell,or smoke, or leaks and it is charging 28.5 volts is should.And the loadmeter which didnt show an load at all before, now was normal. It must run through the alternator. The bearing in the alterantor was good and turned freely, so we dont know exactly what caused it to fail. Electric burning smoke is very acrid and doesn't small like exhuast or even an oil leak.
Thanks for all the suggestions.
Bill,

The "load meter" is an ammeter that shows the load from the alternator into the bus to support the electronics. If you're turning things on and the meter stays at zero, that means the load is being carried by the battery rather than the alternator, or in other words, the alternator was dead. Good choice.

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