The most direct answer that I can get from dealers and repair shops, is vague. The question is: Can a 1990, 9.9Hp Mercury electric start outboard be run without being connected to the battery and without harm to it's alternator?
Secondly, Why does loss of the battery connection 'blow the diodes' on an inboard engine driven alternator? I can understand the harm of a current surge into a shorted condition but not into an infinite resistance.
"Is a puzzelment"
Thanks much, Geohan
Secondly, Why does loss of the battery connection 'blow the diodes' on an inboard engine driven alternator? I can understand the harm of a current surge into a shorted condition but not into an infinite resistance.
"Is a puzzelment"
Thanks much, Geohan