Alternator??
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From: Utah County, UT
Ya' shoulda just replaced it with one of these big ones. When mine goes next time, I'm putting in a 160A HD...
1999 & up Ford 7.3L, 6.0L & 6.5L, High output Alternators,
1999 & up Ford 7.3L, 6.0L & 6.5L, High output Alternators,
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From: Millbrook Alabama
Here is my 220amp for DB electrical ($15 extra for chrome case).
As far as the dual alterantor setup, its a little more involved than you are being led to believe.
Youve got bracketry, a wiring harness, new belt, and you have to have the PCM reflashed. The second alternator on the dual package is a smaller 100 amp, and its output is controlled by the PCM. Now theoretically you could put one down there and just run it to a seperate set of batts, but if you tie it into the main batts, it will give the PCM fits.
As far as the dual alterantor setup, its a little more involved than you are being led to believe.
Youve got bracketry, a wiring harness, new belt, and you have to have the PCM reflashed. The second alternator on the dual package is a smaller 100 amp, and its output is controlled by the PCM. Now theoretically you could put one down there and just run it to a seperate set of batts, but if you tie it into the main batts, it will give the PCM fits.
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From: Wake Forest, NC
I would add a second charging wire to the back of a 220 amp alt. Even the factory one could use a better one. there are too many connections along it's path back to the pass side battery. You can run one right over to the driver side battery and improve current flow a lot.
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From: Millbrook Alabama
I would add a second charging wire to the back of a 220 amp alt. Even the factory one could use a better one. there are too many connections along it's path back to the pass side battery. You can run one right over to the driver side battery and improve current flow a lot.
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From: Central NJ
I am looking to upgrade to a 220amp alt and get myself a 3000W inverter, such as this one. Does anyone have a set up like this? I want to mount the inverter in the back of the truck so I was going to get about 20ft of 2/0 wire and hook it directly to the battery. This will be for cooling my camper, running the stove in the camper and more.
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Although DB Electrical had a good reputation for alternators, mine only lasted 4 months.
They appear to have had quality issues for at least the last 6 months. Also, they claim higher amp output than you get. The 135 amp alternator I ordered only was a 105 amp. DB claimed it was mis-lableled. Other guys have ordered 200 amp alts and bench tested them at 140 amps.
They appear to have had quality issues for at least the last 6 months. Also, they claim higher amp output than you get. The 135 amp alternator I ordered only was a 105 amp. DB claimed it was mis-lableled. Other guys have ordered 200 amp alts and bench tested them at 140 amps.
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From: Central NJ
Although DB Electrical had a good reputation for alternators, mine only lasted 4 months.
They appear to have had quality issues for at least the last 6 months. Also, they claim higher amp output than you get. The 135 amp alternator I ordered only was a 105 amp. DB claimed it was mis-lableled. Other guys have ordered 200 amp alts and bench tested them at 140 amps.
They appear to have had quality issues for at least the last 6 months. Also, they claim higher amp output than you get. The 135 amp alternator I ordered only was a 105 amp. DB claimed it was mis-lableled. Other guys have ordered 200 amp alts and bench tested them at 140 amps.
Good to know, thanks.
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Yep I am still happy.
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From: La La Land
Any of you that have been in a manufacturing environment, using assemblies from vendors over which you have no positive control, know that things can, and do, go wrong. All you can do is either have a massive recall, which isn't usually the best way to go, or offer very good customer service to those customers whose units float up to the surface. The latter is the way most manufacturers go, especially if there's an unknown percentage of your vendor's units that will fail in your product.
From what I can tell, DB Electric has done exactly that, which is unusual in the automotive world. If it were an aircraft, that would be a different story, with different traceability requirements, and especially different costs involved.
Whaddia' pay for a DB? Think it's a deal? I do.
Price out what is basically a Chevy Delco alternator for a Continental or Lycoming with an FAA PMA. :-)))
For that matter, price out the same thing for a Mercruiser with a USCG approval.
I think DB handled it well, and would use them, at least today, as a source, if I needed high-power.
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From what I can tell, DB Electric has done exactly that, which is unusual in the automotive world. If it were an aircraft, that would be a different story, with different traceability requirements, and especially different costs involved.
Whaddia' pay for a DB? Think it's a deal? I do.
Price out what is basically a Chevy Delco alternator for a Continental or Lycoming with an FAA PMA. :-)))
For that matter, price out the same thing for a Mercruiser with a USCG approval.
I think DB handled it well, and would use them, at least today, as a source, if I needed high-power.
Pop
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From: Zeeland, MI
Correct, Dual alt's from the factory....it was just another box to check when I ordered her......Plus it's cool.....