John, the answer to you question is yes and no.
If you continuously drain you battery to the point that it would require a full charge
then yes, it would prematurely wear your alternator.
But if you don not discharge your battery fully then it will be able to keep the
battery at full charge.
BUT I think the bigger question would be "Why do you need a larger battery?"
For increased power requirements? if so how much?
Batterygaurd sound great for the occasionally memory lapse. Combined with the solar
charger sounds like a excellent way to keep a battery charged.
Garrett Welch
Everett, WA USA
-----Original Message-----
From: John Dreuning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 6:54 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How big battery?
Hi,
Thanks for the advices in the replies at my battery questions.
Does someone know what battery power (in AH) is possible with the Yamaha
GTS1000 alternator/generator? (34 A at 3000 rpm).
I was thinking to replace the original battery for a 75 or 95 AH battery
in the sidecar. Some people think that the generator will die (burn out)
when trying to fill up such a big battery.
Could that be possible?
I was thinking of using a special battery (Centurion X-tender) wich can
provide a high current for starting the bike, and which also can deliver
a smaller current for a long time. To prevent a flat battery, the
coolbox (48 Watt) is connected with a batteryguard that switches off the
coolbox at e.g 11,7 volt. So the battery will not be complete flat. May
be a small solar panel is added for use on the campsite.
http://www.elecsol.com/index.html English language, the same type
battery as the X-tender serie,
http://www.X-tender.nl/ Dutch language
Thank you,
John Dreuning
the Netherlands
http://home.planet.nl/~dreuning
