alternator smoking

Rhinodecals

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I have two battery and a switch that switches between the two batteries. On battery one engines start and runs fine. When I switch to battery two the engine start but the alternator start smoking what would cause that problem?
 

Bt Doctur

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Re: alternator smoking

charging overload from a bad battery or battery cables hooked up reversed
 
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