High-output alternators

[George Selby]

>
>I've been told to look into Motor City Remanufacturing, Iraggi
>Alternators, Excessiveamperage, Ohio Generator, Wrangler, or Stinger
>by someone who does audio equipment installs, and I'll be chasing
>these leads down.
>

I bought a Wrangler high-output alternator for an Isuzu truck about 10 
years ago and was never happy with it.  Thanks to reading 4x4 magazines, I 
was lead to believe I would need a high-output alternator in order to run a 
winch (more on this later.)  The Wrangler was very expensive 
(uber-expensive I would say,) needed an incredibly tight belt or it would 
slip, burned out (custom, expensive) regulators on more than one occasion - 
leaving me stranded, and provided very little voltage at idle.  As to 
needing one for a winch, I put the stock alternator back on that truck and 
never had a problem, and have run the same winch (a Warn 8000 lb) with 2 
other trucks that have small alternators (like 60A - they are on a 76 Jeep 
and a 78 F-150) and I have never run out of juice before the winch got too 
hot to operate.  I still have the Wrangler alternator in the attic.

George Selby