Just when I start thinking "I wonder when I should start to learn about my electrical system" my trusty A4 has answered. So- small amount of smoke, "electrical" smell and hot alternator. This has happened the past three times I've been out, but not persistent and nothing else seems to be negatively influenced. Still starts, runs, all other electrical devices work fine. Any help with this issue would be appreciated. I have a digital multimeter and rudimentary understanding of electricity but no real knowledge of A4 specific stuff. the only thing that has changed in the past six months is I have been having battery issues. After an over aggressive mmo treatment I tried repeatedly starting and I think the plugs got wet. Shut water intake and tried and tried draining my batteries in the process. So I have plugged into to shore power a few times to top off the batteries, as they didn't seem to be holding enough charge to start to motor. I have two 75 amp hour batteries. The alternator seems to be original and my boat and A4 are 1970 (Ericson 29)
Again longwinded, but any advice on how to address this is greatly appreciated. Thanks
Again longwinded, but any advice on how to address this is greatly appreciated. Thanks
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