Hall Effect DC amp meter
eBay has some new hall effect sensor meters rating -50 amp to +50 amp reads charge discharge no counting or anything these are similar to the 70amp ones that were available 6 or 7 yrs ago with ...
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Obtain a piece of 4" X 4" 1/8" aluminum plate. Stand it off the fenderwell or whatever using 3/8" standoffs. Drill 1/4" holes for the reg mounting. But here's the secret...When you go to bolt the reg to the aluminum plate, use silver-based heatsink mounting paste between the reg base and the plate. The fools are using the reg housing as a heat sink (like with OEM design). Your job is to make a way to suck that heat into the 1/8" 4X4 plate. It works like magic because the reg mounting pads have a goodly amount of area. Persnickity craftsmen would run the reg mounting across a sharpening stone to maximize contact. Junction temp to base temp to reg housing to heatsink paste to aluminum plate is a long series of thermal jumps, but the plate will keep the housing cooler. What can I say?
Clad a thermistor to the alternator positive rectifier heatsink sometime and have a heart attack. Now thermally de-rate the rectifier, and have a stroke.
After chatting with Romaine direct, I've decided to have them wind a 150@ ampere stator my design for the Bosch. Use a 500-amp rated external rectifier for the 2-story AGM and 8-50 amp rated rectifiers for the alternator rectifier. This is going to be a hand wind triple 16-1/4 gauge Delta stator. The Bosch has a 6303 DE bearing and a 6201 SRE bearing plus a 5-rib serpentine belt. Piece of cake. The alts forth phase will have its own dedicated pair of rectifiers.
Obtain a piece of 4" X 4" 1/8" aluminum plate. Stand it off the fenderwell or whatever using 3/8" standoffs. Drill 1/4" holes for the reg mounting. But here's the secret...When you go to bolt the reg to the aluminum plate, use silver-based heatsink mounting paste between the reg base and the plate. The fools are using the reg housing as a heat sink (like with OEM design). Your job is to make a way to suck that heat into the 1/8" 4X4 plate. It works like magic because the reg mounting pads have a goodly amount of area. Persnickity craftsmen would run the reg mounting across a sharpening stone to maximize contact. Junction temp to base temp to reg housing to heatsink paste to aluminum plate is a long series of thermal jumps, but the plate will keep the housing cooler. What can I say?
Clad a thermistor to the alternator positive rectifier heatsink sometime and have a heart attack. Now thermally de-rate the rectifier, and have a stroke.
After chatting with Romaine direct, I've decided to have them wind a 150@ ampere stator my design for the Bosch. Use a 500-amp rated external rectifier for the 2-story AGM and 8-50 amp rated rectifiers for the alternator rectifier. This is going to be a hand wind triple 16-1/4 gauge Delta stator. The Bosch has a 6303 DE bearing and a 6201 SRE bearing plus a 5-rib serpentine belt. Piece of cake. The alts forth phase will have its own dedicated pair of rectifiers.
