Cheers,

Rusty

 

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Help Ed. I almost understand Rusty's comments, but Mark S left me in the dust. Us old dogs are sometimes hard to train!

I think that with an internal regulator; just because you break the field current supply , a failed regulator may keep powering the field with the internal alternator voltage. The continous breaker in the big alternator line can protect the battery and airplane except what happens to the alternator in the meantime if the interal regulator is applying a large field current to the field will the alternator burn up quiet rapidly and possible start a fire?

 

Bernie, soggy Treasure Coast although we had a bonanza just taxi in so must be drying out a little