Alternator question
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No offense taken, but I bought a 6.0 alternator which has to be clocked for everything to line up right.
There's a link posted above to the upgrade.
BTW, to all who have inquired it was a successful install and works great. The original 110 wasn't quite enough, and one issue it had before is no longer. The issue in mention was my check engine light would come on if I went over 2500 rpm's and wouldn't pull any more. Now it keeps on pulling throug without an issue. More power in general too!
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Is there a way of checking to see if you are putting too much draw on an alternator? It would be nice to check if indeed a bigger alternator would be necessary. It would be good to know as electrical demands are increased too, to be able to recheck on occasion.
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One of the reasons I stayed closer to OEM ratings was to avoid upgrading the cables/connections at the same time. It was enough man-hours and cost just replace the units that failed.
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I took it as a joke, as was my reply. I hope both you and Sous understand that now.
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When I came up with the idea to use a double stud Buss MRBF holder to make it easer to add more cables to the alternator without altering the factory B+ cable and boot, it never occurred to me to make and sell kits. I only took and shared photos, which Sous asked me for. Chet, are you saying that I missed another gravy train? Or was it a gravy Buss?
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When I came up with the idea to use a double stud Buss MRBF holder to make it easer to add more cables to the alternator without altering the factory B+ cable and boot, it never occurred to me to make and sell kits. I only took and shared photos, which Sous asked me for. Chet, are you saying that I missed another gravy train? Or was it a gravy Buss?
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