Alternator Wring

[cnate777]

Im not sure but can you connect 2 or more alternators output together i.e. 1/0 jumper between alts? If so should you do it or not? Does anyone have theirs wired like that?

[missinglink]

Im not sure but can you connect 2 or more alternators output together i.e. 1/0 jumper between alts? If so should you do it or not? Does anyone have theirs wired like that?

Well mine are not jumped from alt to alt, but they still join together at the batts. Pretty much the same they meet somewhere somehow mane. Should be fine I think Steve's are jumped.

MLA

[MECHMAN]

Well mine are not jumped from alt to alt, but they still join together at the batts. Pretty much the same they meet somewhere somehow mane. Should be fine I think Steve's are jumped.

MLA

You can jump them together, but if they are big alts (250+ amps) you could expierience some voltage drop doing all of them through one run of 1/0 cable. It would be better for each alt to have it's own run of 1/0 cable going to the battery. If they are just stock alts, its no biggie, one run of 1/0 can carry 300 amps without much loss.

[cnate777]

So I wont damage anything by running a 1/0 from each alt to the same bank of batteries or even the same battery for that matter

[MECHMAN]

So I wont damage anything by running a 1/0 from each alt to the same bank of batteries or even the same battery for that matter

No not at all, the more runs of 1/0 the better, (although you won't gain much by running more than one cable per alternator)

[cnate777]

Thanks, the reason I asked is because I was told that 2 or more alt. needed to be isolated i.e. you couldnt connect more than 1 alt to 1 or a group of batteries. I knew when I was told that it wasnt right but I thought I would ask anyway.