Pulling a battery cable off to check for an alternator charging is a way if you mess up to get your self very DEAD. Only safe way to check an alternator is this. #1 check battery voltage with it not running you should read 12.4 volts give or take a tad bit with a volt meter. #2 start it up and run it say 1500 RPM and check voltage again. You should if it is working read around 13-14 volts. When you unhook the battery with the engine running if the alternator is working it will see a dead battery and try to put out max volts which in turn will fry the VR so it will put out 90 plus volts at 35 plus amps and it takes on millionth of an amp to kill a man for that is like more then 35 million times more then it takes to kill you. That by the way is what the Navy E.T. schools teach
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Today's Featured Article - Madison's County - by Anthony West. Philip Madison has been a good friend of mine for quite some time. He has patiently suffered my incessant chit chat on the subject of tractors for longer than I care to remember, and on many occasions he has put himself out, dropped what ever it was he was doing, to come and lend a hand cranking handles, or loading a find onto a trailer. Although he himself has never actually owned or restored a tractor, he was always enthusiastic and always around helping with other peoples projects.
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