Merc charging - I think I already know the answer to this....

[9D280]

Found out why my tacho wasn't working last night - only getting proper volts on one side of the rectifier input.

I am completely shooting in the dark with all fingers crossed here, and am pretty certian I know what the anwer is going to be, but does anyone know of any rectifier failure modes that cause an earth fault on one side but leaves the other "intact"?

I so can't be bothered taking the flywheel off....again!


On the assumption that the answer is "no", anyone got a charge coil for a Clamshell 50/60 lying around that they don't need?

[Turbodiesel]

Blown diode in the regulator?

[davej]

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Almost certainly the square rectifier I think in my manual there is a simple test for this with a multimeter

[9D280]

That gives me a slightly wamer feeling (I don't need to remove the flywheel to change the rectifier!)

[9D280]

Yep it.s the rectifier. Total short between one input and the heatsink.., which is of course screwed straight to the block...