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I gather the purpose of the selenium rectifier is to manage the charge from the generator to the battery. If I'm totally wrong, please scream. My main question is: Can the rectifier go bad in such a way that it shorts?
I still haven't isolated exactly where the short is that's draining my 350's battery. BUT... I know it's not the wire to the starter relay and I know it's not the wire to the ignition. While I haven't confirmed this yet, I'm starting to think that the third wire off the positive terminal goes to/from the rectifier. Right or wrong, that wire contains the source of my short.
So basically I'm asking if the rectifier can fail in a shorted state.
thnx!
Jake
I still haven't isolated exactly where the short is that's draining my 350's battery. BUT... I know it's not the wire to the starter relay and I know it's not the wire to the ignition. While I haven't confirmed this yet, I'm starting to think that the third wire off the positive terminal goes to/from the rectifier. Right or wrong, that wire contains the source of my short.
So basically I'm asking if the rectifier can fail in a shorted state.
thnx!
Jake