alternator glowing red hot
#1
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alternator glowing red hot
i have a 88 4runner 22re that has been converted to carb..... any ways today i noticed smoke coming out from my hood poped the hood and my alternator was glowing red hot inside pulled the batt terminals and smothered it with gaterade....all i had....lol ..... watt would cause this too happen....also i noticed my lights inside and out side the truck will randomly get really bright for a bit then go back dim.....my lights do flicker when i turn on anything in the truck even when its running...... my guess is a bad voltage regulater..... but idk or could it be bad grounds somwere?
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So you guys are thinking its a fryd wire some were ......should I still get the alternator checked ..... and any tips on finding that fryd wire...
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So your saying its something that broke in the alternator....and prob not a shorted wire along the truck....by the way thanks for the help guys
Last edited by deathbeaver; 02-21-2012 at 11:57 AM.
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If you look through the vents on the alternator, you can see the windings, they are the copper wire. They are not supposed to contact each other, otherwise that is a short
The electricity is produced by a magnet spinning inside these copper windings, which produces alternating current.
The electricity is produced by a magnet spinning inside these copper windings, which produces alternating current.
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Depending on how they're regulated, a typical automotive alternator has the capacity to develop thousands of volts. No more amps, but enough volts to arc weld with. So if one of the components in the regulator failed, that might cause the volts to go haywire and could cause the symptoms you described. I agree with James that the alt is now probably a paperweight. The two components in the truck most vulnerable to extra high volts are probably the ecu and igniter, I think. They're both expensive, so hopefully they have survived. Good luck.
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The truck has been converted to carb so would I still even have a a ecu? If so were would it be cause I have been going through the wriring and havnt found it on the passenger side behind the kicker pannel.
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Oops. Yeah, sorry, I read 'carb' and then it didn't connect. So, that's good - less potential damage/expense.
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Ill test the bulb tonight and see if ita burnt out iv been slowly but surely goin through all the wiring and there is no sighns of burnt wires or smell but the previous owner sure did a hack job on stuff
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You have no idea......there's random splices bundles of wires with nothing connected to them and open plugs of which I have no idea what or were they went