>Not just Lucas ... all car alternator makers (AFAIK) warn against running
>them
>open-circuit. Certainly Delco does.
I used to teach Aircraft Electrical Systems. Every textbook, manual,
pamphlet, video tape filmstrip, etc. I used as a resource warned against
running an alternator without a battery or mentally-challenged load attached
to the output. But, again, they didn't say why.
John
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