"Larry" wrote

I think a lot of these tales about blown alternators, parallel
batteries,
etc., goes way back into the generator days with the vibrating
mechanical
voltage regulators.....

That jogs my memory about the catboat stories of a few days ago. I
opened up the dead regulator that boiled the batteries nearly dry and
the inside looked like nothing more than a doorbell or some kind of
complex relay.

Of course, this was back when I was pondering such problems as created
when the removal of the 32 KB computer from the upper deck of a 210
foot research ship had such an effect on it's weight and stability
that it got very light, corky, and uncomfortable. I had to figure out
how many tons of weight to add back to make it comfortable again.

Interesting how memories link together. Another thing I remember
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Roger Long