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Iraggi Alternator

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  1. Depends on the case style. If its a small case then output at idle will be very low. If its a large case and it has low output at idle than its not a very good design.

    Each batt will pull between 10 and 50 amps of charging current depending on good they are and if they are fully charged or not.

    If your alt makes lets say 75 amps at idle and you have 4 batteries... your voltage may be in the 12's with the car running at idle. You may or may not have a problem with the batteries.. do like you said and charge them all and have them load tested to make sure. If all else fails get an alt that has better output at idle.

    I would hope it does more than that at idle. It's a 250a alt. Never got the idle output though.

    But yeah I'm still gonna charge and check the battery.

  2. Each batt will pull between 10 and 50 amps of charging current depending on good they are and if they are fully charged or not.

    If your alt makes lets say 75 amps at idle and you have 4 batteries... your voltage may be in the 12's with the car running at idle. You may or may not have a problem with the batteries.. do like you said and charge them all and have them load tested to make sure. If all else fails get an alt that has better output at idle.

  3. Sounds like what he said... when you put it in drive and sit there your rpms are too low for the alt to turn on...

    If it just started doing this but didnt before... One of two things.. Either your rectifier is going out or you have some batteries pulling more current than they used to before. Like they are going bad or need to be charged overnite.

    What could cause the rectifier to go out? Especially this fast, it's only been about a year and the car gets used like 1 a month if that.

    I already tried having the batts on a charger over night, I'll try it again though.

    Usually bad or weak batteries... or very poor connections.

    Check your battery resting voltage after you charge them overnite. Check them every 3 hours or so and see how they hold the charge.

  4. Sounds like what he said... when you put it in drive and sit there your rpms are too low for the alt to turn on...

    If it just started doing this but didnt before... One of two things.. Either your rectifier is going out or you have some batteries pulling more current than they used to before. Like they are going bad or need to be charged overnite.

  5. are you trying to get a higher resting voltage or just less of a drop? Im assuming your amp is 7500 watts... Your not gonna get much bettter voltge drop with one alternator and that much current draw. You can start off with higher voltage but it will fall to just about the same thing.

    I want to get better resting voltage... I got two more alts to put on, just need to get a bracket for them. I would like less drop too

    You will probably need different regulators for better initial voltage and definitely need to add the alts for better voltage drop. Sounds like you may have a lower voltage regulator in there now. Or your meter isnt reading right.

  6. so i'm looking to run 3000 watts and obviously an alt upgrade would be necessary...

    would i be good by just running a 180 amp alt?

    A 3000 watt amplifier will draw a little over 300 amps. Optimally you would need over 300 amps worth of alt. The current has to come from somewhere. Either batts or alts. Preferably alts. They make their own power and batts just regurgitate the power alts put in them. Eventually they become drained and cause a whole list of problems.

    What car do you have?

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