Re: RE: Alternator shop and Alt number

[Christopher.Albers@bubbs.biola.edu (Christopher Albers)]

JGross@econolite.com writes:
>Have you considered that possibly the heat of the nearby header tubes
>might be causing electronic drift of the regulator?
>I doubt that the hitach alternator was designed to have such a hot
>component so near by.

For what it's worth, I wrapped my stainless steel headers in the
asbestos-like header tape. There is a significant decrease in heat
around the carbs and the alternator as a result.  Those headers very
nearly wrap around the alt, so high heat could likely be a problem.

CNA