I think the alternator will do that. I can turn on everything I have at IDLE and still are showing on the plus side of the ammeter with my 60 amp alternator. How sweet it is!
--- In [email protected], "texasaviator" <texasavia...@...> wrote: > > > My personal experience with batteries, for what it is worth; > > When I bought the coupe it had a 35 amp Concorde in it. > It lasted 9 years. > I now have a 25 amp GILL in it and have to keep adding water to three of the > cells about every three months. > > I have upgraded the generator from the piddling 13 amp generator to a 25 amp > generator and now have the required 15% ( or whatever) more amps generated > than consumed at peak consumption time, which is when I am coming in for a > night landing, have GPS, radio, landing lights, strobes, MRX and transponder > all working at the same time. the problem is that I have the engine throttled > back to 1000 rpm or maybe 1500 rpm so the generator is not really putting out > 120% of the consumed amps. > It sucks when your GPS goes off on the approach... So the 35 amp battery > seems to make more sense. > > In the other coupe I have a 60 amp alternator that should put out enough amps > at 1000 rpm to keep everything running bright even with a 25 amp Concorde > behind the seat. > > AF. > N87333 > N94694 >
