Date:         Mon, 20 May 2002 18:41:15 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: How Many Max Amps Does Vanagon Alternator Put Out??
Comments: To: Robert Steven Fish <fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT>
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At 05:10 PM 5/20/2002, Robert Steven Fish wrote:
>How many maximum amps does the Vanagon alternator put out??

VW minimum spec for a 90 amp alternator is 90 minus 16 or 74 amps hot.


>If I install an ammeter in the dash area, is a 30amp gauge ok?

Depends what you're using it for, but basic answer is no.  Are you
measuring total alternator output, or net charge/discharge at battery, or
total accessory current?  The first value will be highest, generally.

Also, you should use a shunt-type ammeter -- otherwise you'll want to be
running 4-ga wire up to the ammeter and back.

david


>Thanks!
>
>RSF
>
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>Robert S. Fish
>Salzburg, Austria
>1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender
>1987 Golf Cabriolet
>1991 Golf

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