[V8] V8 Not Charging

[dsaad at icehouse.net]

Whatever works I guess...

but I would have the brush holders cleaned up so you do not get stuck (pun
intended :-) sleeping with the grizzlies.

It would suck to have a preventable breakdown for such a simple problem.

Quoting Bill Hitzler <bhitzler at kpbsd.k12.ak.us>:

> When my brushes got so grungy they would no longer slide to contact the
> alternator I took the alternator to a shop that does nothing but
> automotive electronics. They replaced the brushes and tested the
> alternator; nothing, dead in the water. Then an older dude comes over and
> tells the other guy to put it back on the tester and shock it. Bing bang
> boom it's been working flawlessly for close to two years now ( yes that
> sound you heard was me knocking on wood ) Perhaps your alternator needs
> the same shock treatment. I know it sounds weird but I'm not goofing you.
> Good Luck, Bill
>
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