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    Engine main bearings fail due to alternator?

    Thanks, "mplsscooter" and yes the system is a brushless exciter, and unless something moves during rotation resistance checks before the unit was put back into service were all good. To have any current then you would need a circuit and if everything tested above earth then I cannot visulize the...
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    Engine main bearings fail due to alternator?

    I have an alternator being driven by an engine, output is 1500 kva, 600 volts and rpm is 1200. The alternator has had a supposed history of running the main bearings of the engine that drives it. We were put into a position of having to use the alternator so had the unit completely overhauled...

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