Battery Drain

[Tihol Tiholov]

Tony sez:
> The diodes are a part of the alternator itself, generally positioned at
the
back of the case. They are what I suspect is bad, so that would require the
whole alternator to be replaced.

Wellll, only the diodes could be replaced for about a third or half the
price of a new alt.



>On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Vincent Gelinas <vrgelinas at gmail.com
>wrote:

> Would it likely be something in the voltage regulator or the entire
> alternator itself?  Or is it worth the extra 100 just to get a new whole
> reman alternator and call it a day?

Might be a good idea, if the alt is old and the other pieces, esp. brushes,
are worn, too.