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Subject:Fully-charged battery for alternator install?
From:Don Spence
Date:Thu, 6 May 2010 12:29:44 -0600

Todd
Don't take this the wrong way but in the time it took you to ask the
question (twice) you could have hooked up a battery charger and the
question would be moot.

On 5-May-10, at 6:45 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Wed, 5 May 2010 09:10:49 -0700
> From:    Todd Brown <dermultivan@HOTMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Fw: Fully-charged battery for alternator install?
>
> Installing alternator tonight.  Any thoughts on this, or is it a =
> non-issue?
> Thanks,
> Todd
>
>
>
> From: Todd Brown=20
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 9:32 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM=20
> Subject: Fully-charged battery for alternator install?
>
>
> I read something recently in the archives referencing a fully-
> charged =
> battery when installing a new alternator.  I have a new battery but
> it =
> has been a bit depleted by a worn-out alternator.  A rebuilt one is
> on =
> the way, and I was curious if current wisdom recommends that I put
> the =
> battery on a charger before installing the replacement alt?  Or
> would it =
> by OK to let the new alt charge the battery?
>

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