Alternator

[Porter]

Clink,
Email me and I'll walk you through it step by step with pictures. I've done this, remember?
Marone.........    It's all worked perfectly for almost a year and 4000 miles, so it has to be right!

Fins

You did well Fins, all excellent work.

Don't want to see you dislocate your shoulder though..........doooooooooh !

Granted Clink needs serious help with his projects, reason why we are here - to share the wealth.

Poor guy can't even spell anything right..........marone, hehe

This is the place to learn the right way to GIT-R-DONE !

Poot Bob

[pdxmose]

Your compressors will likely draw about 30A each.  However it's not like they need to run full time.  After you drop and raise a few times, the compressors will run for about 5min or so.  In another 5min, your battery will be fully recovered from the alternator.  No big deal.

Cranking a stereo nonstop is a way bigger draw since it's continuous.  With ~2000 watts of peak draw, there's probably around 500W of average power for music, or about 50A.  Similar to two compressors, but continuous.  You could crank the stereo for near an hour on a 50A/hr battery (not exactly, but close).

You'd be WAY better off with a 100A alternator and two batteries, than a 200A alternator and one battery (in my opinion).  That way you can crank the stereo and run the compressors while parked with the engine off.

(I think you will find that the horrid noise of the compressors will limit how much you 'dance' the car around!)

              ...mose

[56BIGEZ]

Porter,
I generally don't care either, though it can be annoying in many cases, making it difficult to understand what someone is trying to say.


But John hit one of my pet-peeves. dual vs duel
Just like people that say/type herst (or something similar instead of hearse.

But mostly, I just felt like picking on John.

I agree in many case it can be annoying but not in my case cause GD; by the way Dog I say herst thats how the nuns taught me, ironacly they did frown on dis fot this and thurd for third.     I think they were all from up nort like Chicago or Wells Fargo. haha

Clink

[STDog]

I say herst thats how the nuns taught me, ironacly they did frown on dis fot this and thurd for third. 

Speaking is different. I use lots of slang and common mispronunciations when I speak.
But writing is different.

I say Y'all several times a day, but almost never type it.
I slip and say "most times" instead of "most of the time" but not when typing.

105 amp?  Is that going to be enuff for the air ride stuff?

As Mose pointed out it depends on the demands you put on it.
Considering 55A was enough for a stock Cadillac w/ AC that leaves 50A excess plus the battery as a reservoir.

So, 105 is enough unless you have the compressors running full time with the lights and ac and a big radio/amp.
The compressors in short bursts, and the radio at a reasonable level, and it'll be fine.

But I guess the 2 battery idea would be best. I'd mount the second battery near the compressors/amps. Less loss in the short cables to the compressors, where the high current is. Then run a good charging wire (8 or 10 ga).

I'd set up remote sensing with the alt too. A wire to the starter or the rear battery and not at the alt output terminal.

I plan to rewire my alt so that the sense wire and the charging wire both run to the starter(the main distribution point in the car).

[Big Fins]

I plan to rewire my alt so that the sense wire and the charging wire both run to the starter(the main distribution point in the car).

That's the way my set up is. It works perfectly that way too!

Fins

[Porter]

That's the way my set up is. It works perfectly that way too!

Fins

Fins,

When are you going to write up a tech article for us with pictures ?

Porter 

[Big Fins]

Fins,

When are you going to write up a tech article for us with pictures ?

Porter 

When I get a round toit!!   

Fins

[CarFreak]

When I get a round toit!!   

Fins

Fins

I found two versions - the standard wood TUIT is CHEAP but the more deluxe metal TUIT takes a bit of coin to cover the cost of engineering and production.

http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7&products_id=20

[56BIGEZ]

Kool Fin's toti. .............................................................opps I even had to laugh at my accidental spelling mistake.
Clink

[STDog]

I found two versions - the standard wood TUIT is CHEAP

The wood one looks a lot like the one my mother has.

But, her's is solid wood, looks like oak, and no paint.
She's had it for 40 years, but can never find it when she needs it.

[CarFreak]

The wood one looks a lot like the one my mother has.

Thomas,

Next time you visit mom, can you mic that for us to see if it is a match?!

[Big Fins]

Might as well get the wood one. Pooter can make it and it's cheap!!!
 
Fins

[STDog]

Next time you visit mom, can you mic that for us to see if it is a match?!

I'll get around to it some day 

[Rhino]

I got your round tuit right here!

[Ted in Olympia WA]

Still. The most well equipped Cadillac through the years never had over a 100 amp unit on it. And those are the ones that did everything. Rear window de-icers, seat heaters....all the really high draw stuff.
Fins

But they did have a 100amp as a option and it a direct bolt on.  A big unit but it works.  You can tell when you have one of these before you open the hood, everything works better and faster.

TED