Re: RE: ASP vs. March

From: Michael Maskalans (dml@tepidcola.com)
Date: Wed Jun 02 2004 - 19:10:36 EDT


On Jun 2, 2004, at 14:06, James Calder wrote:

> A higher output alternator will not help your charge at idle. They
> still
> need to spin up at the same rpm's as the smaller ones to start a full
> charge. I have a 160 amp alternator and it doesn't help my idle charge
> problem.

if the alt puts out, say, 75% charge at idle, a 160 will still put out
a LOT more juice than a 90 at idle. I've seen some alts advertised
that put out 90% of their rated max at idle. If I ever get a decent
set of lights on a truck, it's definitely getting an alt like that
along with dual Optimas.

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