Another consideration is efficiency. A 1 volt drop at 90 amps = 90 watts of power. At full load, ~8% of the alternator capacity will be used to heat the diode block. The increased load on the alternator will also reduce it's efficiency and increase it's heat load. Dennis
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Steven Denis Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 7:12 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Battery isolator In a message dated 12/11/01 6:56:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET writes: << The alternator can be modified to overcome this. I feel it is not worth the effort >> there is an adjustable voltage regulator for the BOSCH unit that will allow you to "make up for" the loss..Yes, the alternator works harder and hotter but if you don't OVER do it, I can't see where it would DRASTICALLY reduce the alternator life steve "Hey! nice Jeep, Mister! " "Look kid, it's NOTAJEEP! " |
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