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Subject:Re: 130Amp alternator upgrade?
From:David Beierl
Date:Thu, 5 Jul 2001 21:47:53 -0400
At 03:30 AM 6/28/2001, DaveC wrote:
>10 for stereo (a bad, bad boomer) = 65 A. Even if I'm off by a margin
>of error of 50 percent, a 90 A alternator is all you really need.

That's assuming that a 90A alternator actually puts out 90 amps (hot) which
is rather unlikely.  The test procedure in Bentley allows down to 74 amps
on a 90A device (without specifying hot or cold).

david

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