Hi Paul,

If you
wish to dismiss this warning, that is your prerogative. But please, if
this situation ever happens to you, pull the field breaker before
closing the alternator through!

Read again, I didn't dismiss your load dump issue and proposed solution.
I was trying to convey that your suggestion is valid for "normal" cases,
and that an overvoltage protection should be included in the ship's
architecture to take care of *any* OV condition, including voltage
regulator runaway.

Best regards,
Gilles
http://contrails.free.fr