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I just bought a "refurbished" alternator and while visually inspecting it noticed that some of the stator wires had spots of missing insulation:

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The stator body and parts of it's wiring have been spray painted blackhave been spray painted black, and you can clearly see bare wire where the insulation and paint have come off.

This seems to me like a potential problem, and I'm thinking I should probably just return the alternator without even installing it ( it has a six month warranty ).

What specific problems might this missing insulation cause, and am I correct in thinking I should not accept this alternator and ask for a different one?

I just bought a "refurbished" alternator and while visually inspecting it noticed that some of the stator wires had spots of missing insulation:

enter image description here

The stator body and parts of it's wiring have been spray painted black, and you can clearly see bare wire where the insulation and paint have come off.

This seems to me like a potential problem, and I'm thinking I should probably just return the alternator without even installing it ( it has a six month warranty ).

What specific problems might this missing insulation cause, and am I correct in thinking I should not accept this alternator and ask for a different one?

I just bought a "refurbished" alternator and while visually inspecting it noticed that some of the stator wires had spots of missing insulation:

enter image description here

The stator body and parts of it's wiring have been spray painted black, and you can clearly see bare wire where the insulation and paint have come off.

This seems to me like a potential problem, and I'm thinking I should probably just return the alternator without even installing it ( it has a six month warranty ).

What specific problems might this missing insulation cause, and am I correct in thinking I should not accept this alternator and ask for a different one?

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What is the effect of flaking stator wire insulation?

I just bought a "refurbished" alternator and while visually inspecting it noticed that some of the stator wires had spots of missing insulation:

enter image description here

The stator body and parts of it's wiring have been spray painted black, and you can clearly see bare wire where the insulation and paint have come off.

This seems to me like a potential problem, and I'm thinking I should probably just return the alternator without even installing it ( it has a six month warranty ).

What specific problems might this missing insulation cause, and am I correct in thinking I should not accept this alternator and ask for a different one?