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tallyho8 · 05-04-2008, 11:49 AM

I have a one-wire Delco alternator on my diesel IH364 that is not regulating anymore. It charges almost 30 amps all the time and will quicky boil all the water out of my battery.

I don't know if this is something that is easy to fix or not but I am too busy (lazy) to fix it if I don't need to. I was wondering if it would hurt anything if I simply put a toggle switch on the one wire and turned it off most of the time so it wouldn't charge and just turned in on for a few minutes while I was using it to charge back up.

05-04-2008, 11:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
tallyho8 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Katrinaville LA west of Westwego east of Ama south of River Ridge north of Boutte, above sea level Posts: 1,449	Alternator overcharging I have a one-wire Delco alternator on my diesel IH364 that is not regulating anymore. It charges almost 30 amps all the time and will quicky boil all the water out of my battery. I don't know if this is something that is easy to fix or not but I am too busy (lazy) to fix it if I don't need to. I was wondering if it would hurt anything if I simply put a toggle switch on the one wire and turned it off most of the time so it wouldn't charge and just turned in on for a few minutes while I was using it to charge back up.