Date:         Sun, 23 Sep 2012 16:37:13 -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:  <505F9BCE.1040604@gmail.com>
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well, sort of.

the cover bolted up fine except that the cutout for the wires was not in the right spot when I clocked the cover so that vent was pointed at the drivers side. So I cut a new space for wires and taped up old space.

alistair


On 2012-09-23, at 4:31 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:

> They make (made) back covers for our alternators?
> 
> -- 
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
> 
> On 09/23/2012 04:02 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
>> 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?
>>