Date:         Sun, 23 Sep 2012 16:02:24 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <505F8CFA.5090400@gmail.com>
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yes.

I had a Porsche 924 or was it 944 sourced back cover for the alternator in my '82 westy I4 install. The back cover had a short tube extension (about 1.75" diameter) to which I connected a hose that ran to the base of the driver's side air intake.

you can see a pic here on my old neglected website http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/images/final%20web%20pics/my%20engine/pictures/engine3.html

alistair


On 2012-09-23, at 3:28 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:

> Dennis writes to say, "[...] if you have 90 amps with a drop of 12 volts
> you are dissipating 1,080 watts [in the alternator] as heat."
> 
> Has anyone looked at ducting cool air to the fan intake on the
> alternator? Probably not. Am I boldly going where no man has gone before?

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