RE: 14.4 volts on the headlamps

[DeWitt Harrison <de@aztek-eng.com>]

So, Alan, what is your theory?

At 10:51 AM 12/18/98 -0600, you wrote:
>DeWitt,
>[ ... ]
>The alternator size depends on the maximum output current, as
>long as the voltages are about the same ( 13 volts vs. 14 volts)
>[ ... ]
>-----Original Message-----
>From:	DeWitt Harrison [SMTP:de@aztek-eng.com]
>On Thu, 17 Dec 1998 16:55:41 -0600, Alan Cordeiro wrote:
>>>Yeah I know, one of my main beefs with older BOSCH alternators 
>>>used in Audis...... they seen fat dumb and happy at 13.7 or so....
>>
>>Now go figger out why BOSCH alternators used in Chrysler
>>vehicles regularly give 14.2 or 14.3 volts.........
>
>My theory: Supplying 13.x volts instead of 14.x volts represents
>a significant power savings and permitts the use of a relatively
>small (cheap?) alternator for a given complement of electrical
>equipment. [ ... ]