Skip Gundlach wrote in
ups.com:

With the engine running, of course, all electrical (well, all of them
after
we'd attended to the myriad of difficulties we'd faced in that
system!)
sources were available for use without concern for conservation, so we
continued to have all of our charging-sensitive items connected to the
power
grid, and all is well. We even got to grind our coffee with the
electrical
Starbucks grinder (we're not - a takeoff on Trekkies - Buckies, but
they
sell a very good grinder), instead of my usual 75 strokes on the West
Marine
manual grinder.


This telling little paragraph is why we still have an electrical problem
on the Pig. As soon as we start the engine, we crank it all up BEFORE
the heavy battery charge current and 13V turns into light charge current
and the alternator's voltage regulator starts throttling back rotor
current to limit the voltage to 14.2V.....

Is it any wonder that you're eating V-belts keeping the poor alternator
at its limit BEFORE the battery charging is complete?!

I love you two to death, but we have GOT to stop using our recharging
current to run all that crap! NO UNNECESSARY LOADS UNTIL THE BATTERY
VOLTAGE RISES TO REGULATOR VOLTAGE! RECHARGE THE BATTERIES FIRST!!





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