Last night my jeep started acting up. I have a hypertech programmer which runs the idle speed up with drawing high amps from the motor. Last night my jeep started to squeal and then this morning i started it to see if it was still doing it and i realized somehting was burning. Sure enough i open the hood and the alternator was smoking bad. I turned the jeep of and it continued to smoke so i went to unplug the battery. I am very glad i did because the positive cable was smoking hot.
So now my question is obviously it has to be replaced but has anyone seen this?
What should i do besides just replace it?
Any help is appreciated.

 

there is a short , possibly your battery. pull cables and ck for continuity between pos and neg cables if there is continuity then disconnect alt , but i bet the battery is toast and alt poss as well

 

but how would it randomly happen while driving and continue to drive fine along with the radio,a/c working? would that affect it? also it still starts

 

Another source of heat at the battery terminal is a loose or corroded connection. Either one will increase the resistance, which generates heat.

 

the way you described it i thought it was the first time and then started smoking in any case i would or have my batt load tested and then go from there . with any electrical problem always start with the battery and go from there

 

well got it checked and battery is good its the alternator bearings are burned up. im getting it rebuilt.
thanks for all the help

 

That explains the alternator part of your problem. I don't see how it addresses your hot battery terminal, though.

 

maybe the bearings were so shot that it allowed the stator to contact the inside of the case in effect a short very little clearance in there anyways

 

Could be. (Rotor?)

 

rotor u right stator is in side of case