Shankara
Member II
Hello all,
I’m new to posting to the site. The weather is getting nicer in Crescent City and I’m starting to get to work on my sailboat.
I have recently purchased a 1980 E25+ and am fairly new to all things sailing. I’m learning as much as I can from Christian’s videos and from some old Lyn and Larry archives.
There are a few things that need to be done before I can get out to sea and start cruising, one of which is an alternator that does not charge the batteries. I just had the alternator tested and it seems to work fine.
I’ve got an inboard 1980 Volvo Penta MD7A/110S.
I think the issue is that there was no exciter wire connected. The mechanic at the shop told me it won’t work otherwise. See the attached image where I’m pointing to the tab where the exciter needs to be connected.
A friend told me to look for a brown wire although there are no extra wires laying about. He also said it needs 12volts running to it. He suggested possibly hooking up the old RPM gauge which would give power, or hook up a switch near the shutoff pulley with 12volts that would run to the alternator.
The previous owner removed all of the gauges so this may be part of the problem.
Any insight from you legends would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Shankara
I’m new to posting to the site. The weather is getting nicer in Crescent City and I’m starting to get to work on my sailboat.
I have recently purchased a 1980 E25+ and am fairly new to all things sailing. I’m learning as much as I can from Christian’s videos and from some old Lyn and Larry archives.
There are a few things that need to be done before I can get out to sea and start cruising, one of which is an alternator that does not charge the batteries. I just had the alternator tested and it seems to work fine.
I’ve got an inboard 1980 Volvo Penta MD7A/110S.
I think the issue is that there was no exciter wire connected. The mechanic at the shop told me it won’t work otherwise. See the attached image where I’m pointing to the tab where the exciter needs to be connected.
A friend told me to look for a brown wire although there are no extra wires laying about. He also said it needs 12volts running to it. He suggested possibly hooking up the old RPM gauge which would give power, or hook up a switch near the shutoff pulley with 12volts that would run to the alternator.
The previous owner removed all of the gauges so this may be part of the problem.
Any insight from you legends would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Shankara