Hi Eric,
It really sounds to me like your GM ALt. is not of the internally
regulated variety. Or the internal regulator is shot. It sounds like its
going straight to full output as soon as it 'turns on'.
Don't know how you have it wired up but it should not blow an
y fuses. If you are runing it into the wiring harness like the old
alt. then run it through a 35 amp fuse. You should also be running a
heavy duty cable to the (+) term on the on the alt to the + term on the batt
and an equally heavy duty cable from the alt body to the (-) term on the batt.
I have been running this exact same setup with 300watts of stereo and
400 watts of driving lights and the voltage at the batt never reads below
14V. Course I bought an 'expensive' chromed 100amp self exciting
self-regulating
one wire alt from Summit Racing (118 bucks, youi can buy a black one for ~75).
And its worked fine from the moment that I mounted it correctly. Pretty sure
it even regulates a LOT better than the stock unit.
Daniel 69 2000
SF CA
> Hello all..
> well, my troubles with the GM alternator conversion never seem to
> cease... the latest is that the wiring got nice and warm, the battery
> was bubbling and spitting acid, and the brand new alternator was hotter
> than a firecracker (but working fine!) on a recent 2 mile drive. It
> also blows all the fuses whenever the alt kicks in... needless to say,
> I took that piece of crap out of my car already... so it's back to the
> drawing board... One of the WyCROC'rs was kind enough to throw a spare
> alternator to me, but it seems to be from a '65 1500? Would this work
> in some form or fashion?? I thought those were positive ground
> cars?? If anyone has any information, I'd love to hear it! Thanks!
>
> Eric
> WyCROC
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