this is a new one
11-30-2008, 06:11 PM
#41
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Re: this is a new one
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
It's going to read voltage across the entire vehicle electrical system that's in parallel with the battery.
There's nothing wrong with full fielding the alternator, aside from engine drag issues, not with any design I'm aware of anyway. All the street rods they dropped SBC into over the years usually ended up that way.
There's nothing wrong with full fielding the alternator, aside from engine drag issues, not with any design I'm aware of anyway. All the street rods they dropped SBC into over the years usually ended up that way.
11-30-2008, 06:42 PM
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Re: this is a new one
Originally Posted by 89shithatch
ya i know it was only hypothetical, or however you spell it. and i am aware that it is connected in parallel. with it unplugged it the alt would read low voltage across the entire system and full field. i was just unaware that it would not harm the alternator.
12-01-2008, 12:48 AM
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Re: this is a new one
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
Destroy it how? It is what the car runs off of, not the battery.
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
It's going to read voltage across the entire vehicle electrical system that's in parallel with the battery.
There's nothing wrong with full fielding the alternator, aside from engine drag issues, not with any design I'm aware of anyway. All the street rods they dropped SBC into over the years usually ended up that way.
There's nothing wrong with full fielding the alternator, aside from engine drag issues, not with any design I'm aware of anyway. All the street rods they dropped SBC into over the years usually ended up that way.
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
In a healthy electrical system the battery just sits there and does nothing. *Everything* runs off the alternator, and you do not work the alternator harder by the battery not being there. If the battery supplied any electricity during vehicle operation it would run low and die. The battery is a stored charge to operate the starter, and nothing else.
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12-01-2008, 03:29 AM
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Re: this is a new one
i was always under the impression that if a battery was not fully operational or there was a bettery connection not fully connected it would cause the voltage regulator to full field, doing this constantly would burn it out correct
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