high-output alternators?

[Taka Mizutani]

Huw-
I don't know about Brett's car, but with a good OEM alternator, I've never
had any
electrical issues related to the alternator in my old car.

I've never had an issue with the alternator not being able to output enough
to run
all of the electrical stuff in the car.

Is 2 gauge sufficient? I thought you'd need 0 gauge at least for 130A.

Taka


On 10/3/06, Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:
>
>
> > I've finally had it with my "ultranator"; voltage swings are back and
> > the alternator struggles to match load under almost any
> > circumstance.  Utter garbage.
>
> Brett, is the alternator (stock) in the 200Q pretty much always
> struggling to keep up, or is it just sometimes?  Because perhaps a
> better solution would be an auxiliary battery setup of some sort?
>
> That way, when the load is lower than the alt output, you're getting two
> fully charged batteries instead of one to run down during tough times.
>
> And, have you experimented with really beefing up the cabling to the
> battery?  Like a new 2 ga wire all the way from the alt. output (I know,
> a pita...) and 2 ga ground wires - battery to chassis and alt/block to
> chassis - even perhaps something also running directly from the battery
> ground to the engine block?
>