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Yes. No input to the rectifier equals no output from the rectifier.

Exactly.

It is the coil within the stator and the magnets that are creating the electrical power (amperes times voltage). Not the rectifier...

If not the applicable warning from the service manual can you provide the document number and page number?

Are you saying that because perhaps there is no standalone ground wire? I am not aware of any R/R that does not have a ground of some sort.

Is anyone suggesting that electrically powered devices be kept turned off to the maximum extent possible in order to help the alternator...

Is the thinking that boats should not have lights, radios, gyros, pumps, trim tabs, MFD's, etc. installed as this equipment would need...

"An alternator is a compact belt-driven generator that’s installed on an engine to convert mechanical power to electrical power. That...

Mechanic sounds like the type that cautions not to store batteries on a concrete floor.

Batteries are being charged and recharged every day by most every type of motorized vehicle. Strange sticker. While at the same time an...

The mechanic does not understand basic electricity. Sounds like he is regurgitating something he read on the internet. The world has...

From any Mercury Marine dealer.

Can you copy and paste the snippet from the SM where that is stated?

So on the red and black wires you are seeing battery voltage only when the motor is off but then no increase in voltage when the motor...

Yes. Now connect the yellow input wires to the regulator with the red output wires connected to the battery and the regulator case...