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Can an alternator be to big?
chuck wrote: Larry wrote: "Capt John" wrote in news:1153072859.862252.17460 @p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com: Also, if it's not CG approved, and you have a fire because of it, your insurance company is going to walk away, it's your problem. I'd stick with the normal marine alternator if I was you. I think THAT is a very important point, too.... Doesn't the CG requirement kick in only for gasoline engines? I doubt the insurance company could walk if the engine is diesel. Chuck The CG requirement is for diesel as well, diesel fuel burns quite well. Cracked high pressure diesel fuel lines can produce a very fine fuel mist, and it makes for one hell of a fire if it hits a spark or a hot dry turbo. Give an insurance company an excuse to walk away from paying on a loss and watch how fast they run. That's what they pay their people to do. I looked quickly at my Cat alternator part numbers, they look like differant part numbers than the truck numbers in the catalog. It just isn't worth it. |