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Originally Posted by fxdwgi
...Also, heat is not the enemy of the FICM, unstable input voltage is (bad battery, alternator, jump starting a crane etc. You get the idea)
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While I agree with you about unstable input voltage, I respectfully disagree with you about heat. Heat will crystaline and crack solder....crack the solder and you get bad or no electrical connection. A good example of this is the UniVolt converter in an Airstream travel trailer (ask me how I know), and there is less heat generated by the UniVolt than there is by the turbo, degas bottle and engine of a 6.0.
The heat that comes from the area where the FICM is located will eventually be responsible for or help cause failure. No electrical component can survive that much heat for thousands or tens of thousands of miles, whether it be constant-driven or not.
I submit that the two (electrical and heat) are both culprits.
on edit: I read the Swamps article, Lubbock...good read. The one question I had was why bump up to 58v...thanks for the answer.
By the way, I never said it was the main reason, just one, as explained to me by my mech who's been doing this for a few decades.
