Club 80-90 Forums

alternator here

i know ill need to swap the pully just not sure if its anygood for Aircooled, otherwise any other options for upgrading my 45 amp alternator

thanks

irishkeet

no

thanks andy

anyone know what i can do to upgrade mine

can anyone help?

up

I don't think there is any straight forward bolt on upgrade, what has the van got electrical.

andysimpson wrote:I don't think there is any straight forward bolt on upgrade, what has the van got electrical.

not a lot really interior lights and standard cd player

fridge etc running from the leisure,
would like to move the interior lights & cd to running from the leisure too if i can figure out how
my alt is fine but after our trip back from scotland in my partners bluestar im now after a spare, saw this on fleabay, may be worth having as a spare

do you think my upgrade is unnecessary?

I do

I run a TV,50 watt head and 200 watt amp, two batteries and DVD player off the alternator..

45amps and not a bother

I have rigged an ammeter up to the alternator and find that when the engine is running and all the toys switched on... I have +_0 needle
when it starts up after cranking we only go to 15 amp charge for ten seconds then it settles down to 2 amp for a while then after a 5 mins ...0

thanks kev, will refocus my efforts on the other jobs

I tell you what though I get through regulator bushes pretty quick!

45amp should be fine what electrical load you have.

kevtherev wrote:I tell you what though I get through regulator bushes pretty quick!

hi kev

whats the regulator bush do/for?

thanks
keet

andysimpson wrote:45amp should be fine what electrical load you have.

not much andy, 2nd battery, standard cd player & interior lights, portable dvd if driving with the kids, phone charger