"New to this site, great sourc
"New to this site, great source!
I have a 1970 36 ft Uniflite with twin 440's. The charging system originally used the older alternator with separate regulator and relay setup. A couple of years ago I upgraded one of the alternators to a single wire design. I capped the field wire that went to the regulator leaving the single battery wire that continues to go through the existing relay. Problem: I seem to be burring up the relay on the engine I upgraded. Over time the volt meter will only show ~12 volts while under way. Alternator benched checked good. I recently swapped relays between motors and the problem swapped side. These relays aren't cheap ($75-$100). Since I got rid of the regulator is there a way to re-wire to eliminate the relay?"
"New to this site, great source!
I have a 1970 36 ft Uniflite with twin 440's. The charging system originally used the older alternator with separate regulator and relay setup. A couple of years ago I upgraded one of the alternators to a single wire design. I capped the field wire that went to the regulator leaving the single battery wire that continues to go through the existing relay. Problem: I seem to be burring up the relay on the engine I upgraded. Over time the volt meter will only show ~12 volts while under way. Alternator benched checked good. I recently swapped relays between motors and the problem swapped side. These relays aren't cheap ($75-$100). Since I got rid of the regulator is there a way to re-wire to eliminate the relay?"
