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westend
Oct 18, 2015Explorer
Well, Mexwanderer, with his extensive knowledge and experience with alternators would be the "go-to" guy on implementing an external regulator for your system. He has posted about various off-the-shelf devices.
My concern would be about heat effecting the chassis alternator and possible failure. I had an alternator fail suddenly a couple of months ago and even though only 6 miles from home, it involved a lot of logistics and falderal to get the vehicle back home. Replacement was another circus and I never did get the equivalent alternator as a replacement.
That ordeal sensitized me to how I want to treat my alternator in the future. There's no way I'd put an excessive draw on it.
My concern would be about heat effecting the chassis alternator and possible failure. I had an alternator fail suddenly a couple of months ago and even though only 6 miles from home, it involved a lot of logistics and falderal to get the vehicle back home. Replacement was another circus and I never did get the equivalent alternator as a replacement.
That ordeal sensitized me to how I want to treat my alternator in the future. There's no way I'd put an excessive draw on it.
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