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BFL13
Explorer II
Jan 15, 2018

Alternator to House Battery Charging Test Results UPDATE

Update 18 Jan-- This is for my rig with its particular wiring (some changes to original done by me). Has the dreaded Ford 2G alternator. Testing on a pair of 6s starting at about 55% SOC and 12....
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Gjac
Explorer III
Jan 15, 2018
Thanks for posting. I have a similar issue with my setup. When my 2 6 V GC batteries are at 50% SOC I am only seeing 8.7 amps at the batteries from my 180 amp alternator. Wiring is original from the OEM alternator, which I think was 85 or 110 amps. I have a cheap Chinese volt/ammeter that I don't know how accurate it is but I expected to see more amps going into the batteries also.

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