The 1958 fifty horse Starflite was the first alternator equipped Evinrude. It was built by Motorola and I saw it show over a 35 amp output with a low battery. It would drop back to two or three amps when the battery was fully charged. They had some problems with overheating regulators. The under hood temperateure was about 150 degrees running, but could go much higher when just setting in the hot sun. We replaced some regulators as Motorola tightened up there burn in and testing. Later models were better protected from static electricity. Like OMC always did, when they got it perfected it was discontinued for a cheaper model. . . 🙂
