Duramax dual alternator option?
We live in the PNW, but are looking to travel! We have never owned or driven a diesel, but plan on buying one when the new HDs come out. Are the dual alternators & engine block heater desirable opti...
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There's another big advantage to having dual alternators. We keep our trucks a long time as a diesel engine is merely just well broken in at 100,000 miles. Serpentine belts do break and alternators do go bad (diodes) or the bearings fail and/or seize. NO charging period! Seized up, you don't run the engine and few know what to do.
Under the rear seat in our truck is a single generator setup OEM serpentine belt. I simply have to install the single alternator belt I carry to turn the good alternator and be on our way while others are sitting in a repair shop or being towed in with their only failed alternator setup. Bend over and grab your ankles as the bill is coming. 15 minutes max and mine's good to go anytime!!! Remember, big bucks usually if your one alternator isn't working seldom happens when you are close to a low cost area as you are RVing away from home. Murphy's law! Dual alternators is a forethought feature worth it's weight in gold and very cheap insurance and give great charging usage rewards everyday!
Under the rear seat in our truck is a single generator setup OEM serpentine belt. I simply have to install the single alternator belt I carry to turn the good alternator and be on our way while others are sitting in a repair shop or being towed in with their only failed alternator setup. Bend over and grab your ankles as the bill is coming. 15 minutes max and mine's good to go anytime!!! Remember, big bucks usually if your one alternator isn't working seldom happens when you are close to a low cost area as you are RVing away from home. Murphy's law! Dual alternators is a forethought feature worth it's weight in gold and very cheap insurance and give great charging usage rewards everyday!
