I thought Sunbeam was a bread...? G. Matthew Bulley Bulley-Hewlett Corporate Communications Counselors www.bulley-hewlett.com Cary, NC USA 888.468.4880 tollfree "I, the undersigned, shall forfeit all rights, privileges, and licenses herein and herein contained, et cetera, et cetera . . . fax mentis incendium gloria culpum, et cetera, et cetera . . . memo bis punitor delicatum!" It's all there, black and white, clear as crystal! -Wonka
-----Original Message----- From: David Beierl [SMTP:dbeierl@IBM.NET] Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 2:29 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Alternator, thanks At 12:56 PM 1/28/2000 +0000, Martin Laycock wrote: >I may be teaching my gran to suck eggs here but did you know that a working >alternator should put out about 14.7v at 2000 (engine)RPM. Get your engine In my experience the transistorised regulators of the last decade generally put out just a shade under 14v -- 13.95 or so. Toyotas and Subarus and Vanagons seem pretty similar in this regard. That's looking at a system where the battery is pretty much charged, and temps around 68/20 degrees or somewhat higher. Now my old Sunbeam put out close to 15. Had to fill the battery more often, too. david David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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