Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Generator (NOT alternator)



The situation: replaced the battery in May and it was completely dead 3 months later.

Best guess as to why: she's pulling all power needs off of the battery rather than creating her own power.

Solution: Called NAPA for guidance to either buy a new one or repair the one I have. Their advice was either to buy a conversion kit and install a new Chevy alternator, or take the old one to Generator Exchange and have them rebuild it. As my wife and i want to restore rather than merely rebuild, I dropped the beastly generator off at a shop today and will pick it up next week.

In the meantime, I will buy replacement cables (as they obviously need to be DX-ed), buy a new heavy duty battery, and a battery tie down kit that will pass a vehicle inspection.

I also want to know what this thing is:

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