AlfaCyberSite wrote:
Thank you all for your replies. The Interstate guys gave both the
battery and the alternator a thumbs up.
What I'd like to know is if it is possible an alternator can be
designed (or in this case, rebuilt) so that it keeps the voltage in a
pretty small range - kicking in fairly quickly when the voltage drops
not all that much, and cuts the
If you noodle around a bit--there are ADJUSTABLE regulators available
for the Bosch alternators which have the regulator mounted ON the
alternator---
I don't know how much 'droop' (control engineering speak) they allow
before kicking in fully, but you can definitely adjust the output
voltage over a reasonable range, and they will hold it within about .1 ,
perhaps .05 v.
Don't let perfect become the enemy of good enough here !!
Greg
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