Re: 65A Alternator; wire concerns....

2002-12-14 Thread Dan Canaan
An alternator is a load sensing current-dependant charging device. It may be rated at 65 amps, but that is only what the maximum charging rate is. The alternator will only charge at a current high enough to match the load put on it including recharging the battery back to normal. Since the b

Re: 65A Alternator; wire concerns....

2002-12-13 Thread Greg Rowe
Just because more juice is available, none of the individual components will draw more than they are designed to use. So you don't really have to worry about individual wires in the loom. There are some situations where the draw from the alternator to the battery may be high (for instance recharg

Re: 65A Alternator; wire concerns....

2002-12-13 Thread Bob Harris
James, Just because your alt. CAN produce 65 Amps does not mean it will all the time. The only time it should produce high amps is when it is called for. If you hook up driving lights,fog lights,an electric rear window defogger and a high output stereo.and turn them all on at once,you wi

Re: 65A Alternator; wire concerns....

2002-12-13 Thread Steve W. Reilly
Hey James, Can't remember for sure, I think the stock alternator wire on your spitfire is 65 strand (or perhaps 84) This wire size is only meant to carry a max amperage of 35A/42A or so. As long as you don't have an excessive electrical load (Think- large car stereo, High powered CB radio, el

RE: 65A Alternator; wire concerns....

2002-12-13 Thread Rick Gregory
lls, Montana http://www.spitfire.gregory.net -Original Message- From: James Carruthers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 12:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 65A Alternator; wire concerns Hi Listers, I went to a scrapyard for the first time ever today: &quo

65A Alternator; wire concerns....

2002-12-13 Thread James Carruthers
Hi Listers, I went to a scrapyard for the first time ever today: "Hi, Im looking for an alternator off a Rover 200 series." "Right, come this way." "I need an A one-two-sev." "There you go mate, you know what you're looking for." I was presented with approximatly 100 million alternators