Never made it on to the plane, Bloody pneumonia! Will try to get away next week if the antibiotics do their job. Bit uncomfortable out there for the past few weeks, they've had a claima (a dusty mist which holds the temperature in) and it was 43 degrees, good job I stayed home.
I blame the shortage of whiskey, had to cut down since the stroke. Bloody getting old, if I knew I was going to live this long I would have looked after myself a bit better.
I believe it has to do with current/voltage regulator being overloaded when attempting to quickly restore a poorly charged battery. Apparently alternators are not specifically designed as battery chargers and simply provide a steady current/voltage required by the vehicle's electrical load that normally includes just a trickle charge for the battery.
Rhubarb. If an alternator is rated at 100 amps it can provide 100 amps and if the load is greater it should limit the current itself. That warning is simply a get out clause for them.
This is an extract from near the beginning of QXComponents technical data booklet:
