High Output alternators?
How common is it to swap the standard alternator out for one with high output, like 140 amp? I would like to hear from someone who has, about what performance improvement you're seeing in terms of how...
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joe&julie81 wrote:
I didn't realize I already had a 135 amp alternator. I'm thinking about getting a 2 or 3k amp power inverter to hook to my truck batteries and running a heavy ext cord to the shore power of the camper, in lieu of a generator. This would replenish my camper batteries after sitting awhile running fans, furnace, lights, etc. I could crank the truck for 20 or 30 min occasionally with a high put alternator to replenish the truck batteries. Anything wrong with this thinking?
I had 40 amp alternator on my boat and was powering 1500W oven from 1200W inverter with small, single battery.
The inverter would overheat after about 12 minutes, but that was all I needed most of the time.
Point is that on boat we did not have 100F heat, but too often we tend to overkill the design.
