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  14. Alternator in truck from a different car model?

    in Electrical-battery- Alternators- Wiring

    Posted · Edited by Miguels

    spend the money and get a mechman unit he could probably even work something out with you that would actually fit your truck the right way

    that one from ebay probably does 200a yes but at like 5234985720956 rmp

    x2

    most alternators on ebay dont even put out what they rate them.go with mechman it can be easier to wire to your truck

    you ninja my post :P the 270a is like 165a at 700 rpm more than what the eBay one will do at 2000 rpm, the website says $450

  16. Alternator in truck from a different car model?

    in Electrical-battery- Alternators- Wiring

    Posted · Edited by Miguels

    i added a 3 wire alt to my truck just a few weeks ago, i did one straight to battery then got a resistor from radio shack and ran that wire to the ignition and the other one to a power distribution block and it is charging 14.4 now. you can google it and find wiring diagrams for alts and you can also put GM alt on a ford

    Ok, but do you absolutely need to use the other outputs on the alt if it's a secondary alt? Also, I'm not trying to replace the original alt in my truck, it's only a few days old.

    yes you need to use all wires for it to charge not unless you get a 1 wire alternator

    not true

    trust me, my truck had a si10 alt in it and i upgraded it to the cs130 and pluged up the charging wire and when i turned on my truck it was 12.3 volts even if i was at 2k rpm. i got the red wire from my pigtail and wired it to distribution block constant power and still at 12.3 volts, then i was reading about the alternator voltage regulator needing to get excited before being able to charge so i read on it some more and it said to get a 500ohm resister and put it on the white wire and run it to the ignition and bam i was charging at 14.4. you can also use an idiot light and that will help charge too, mine is GM though so for might be different but could be easy if you read about it.

    edit:as long as the excite wire and volt sense wire is connected you are good

    some fords have external regulators so you might just be lucky and plugging in the charging wire is good enough

  17. Alternator in truck from a different car model?

    in Electrical-battery- Alternators- Wiring

    Posted · Edited by Miguels

    i added a 3 wire alt to my truck just a few weeks ago, i did one straight to battery then got a resistor from radio shack and ran that wire to the ignition and the other one to a power distribution block and it is charging 14.4 now. you can google it and find wiring diagrams for alts and you can also put GM alt on a ford

    Ok, but do you absolutely need to use the other outputs on the alt if it's a secondary alt? Also, I'm not trying to replace the original alt in my truck, it's only a few days old.

    yes you need to use all wires for it to charge not unless you get a 1 wire alternator

    if you get same alt you can just tap into the existing wiring.

  18. Alternator in truck from a different car model?

    in Electrical-battery- Alternators- Wiring

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    yes you can install any alt to it with some brackets made for it

    Ok, cool. I had to ask because alts have a + output straight to the battery, but they also have those extra wires that plug in, I was wondering if it affected the alt's charging potential if those other wires were not being used..

    i added a 3 wire alt to my truck just a few weeks ago, i did one straight to battery then got a resistor from radio shack and ran that wire to the ignition and the other one to a power distribution block and it is charging 14.4 now. you can google it and find wiring diagrams for alts and you can also put GM alt on a ford

  19. Mechman FTW

    in MechMan Alternators and 12v Accessories

    Posted · Edited by Miguels

    Nice buy for the price. My only problem with that particular unit is that I believe that I saw it only does 40a at idle.

    you need to put a load to really know the amperage is giving out, at 40a it must have just been charging the batteries and keeping the car on.

    This is a quote from Mechman about the 400a unit.

    "maybe 40 amps at idle."

    Now seriously dude quit posting just to post. If you have something useful to say then that is fine but just posting to raise your post count is getting really annoying.

    im not posting just to get my count up, it can stay at zero for all i care. just giving my opinion

    edit: i read your first post wrong, i thought you tested one and only saw 40a. my bad

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