[Healeys] Alternator Pulleys

[Roger Grace]

In any event, unless you are doing significantly more idling than driving this drawdown duning idling is not really significant. This is what the battery is for. If you had an ammeter you would see the amps pick up after idling to bring the batt back up to full volts.
Of couse you need a good batt, and alternator.
rg

----- Original Message -----
From: R. Lindsay <050.rpl at gmail.com>
To: Tom McCay <Tom.McCay at ccw-tools.com>
Cc: pbrauen at gmail.com, Healey List <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 16:59:08 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Alternator Pulleys

Thank you!

Price Lindsay

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> On Aug 12, 2019, at 6:39 PM, Tom McCay <Tom.McCay at ccw-tools.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Price, alternators do not kick in until they are rotating at about 1200 alternator RPM. The pulley ratio is approximately 3:1 when comparing the bottom crank pulley to the alternator pulley. At idle of 800 RPM the alternator would be rotating at 2400 RPM so you should have a good output at idle. The smaller the alternator pulley the faster it will spin.
> 
> Kindest regards
> 
> Tom McCay
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> From: Healeys [healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of R. Lindsay [050.rpl at gmail.com]
> Sent: 12 August 2019 23:19
> To: warthodson at aol.com; pbrauen at gmail.com; Healey List
> Subject: [Healeys] Alternator Pulleys
> 
> I have installed an alternator in my BJ8 to support ac with mixed success. Since our cars use a v-belt system I had to replace the pulley that came with the alternator(serpentine) with a v-belt pulley.  I have checked the power the alternator and at idle, it is below the amperage needed to run the equipment I have installed.
> 
> When I look at the circumference of the v-belt pulley and the serpentine pulley, the v-belt is definitely smaller. Should I use a v-belt pulley of similar size?  Increasing the circumference of the pulley will make the alternator spin faster and maybe solve my issue of slow engine speed/low amp output, I think.
> 
> If my thinking is correct, how big of a pulley should I use?  I presume that if the pulley is too large, it may make the alternator produce too many amps and damage it.  Should I match the size of the serpentine pulley or buy a pulley based on a calculation?  (FWIW, I have no knowledge/experience to do this).
> 
> The pulleys on the crank and water pump are standard Healey. There is ac installed and the pulley on the compressor is larger than the old generator. I have a two belt system so the alternator is belted to the compressor which if what I said above about larger pulleys spin their equipment faster, how should this be accounted for?
> 
> I may be over thinking this but I would like to run the ac at a reasonable idle. Has anyone approached this and came up with a resolution?
> 
> Thank you so much for any light that can be shed on this.
> 
> Price Lindsay
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