the big 3

how do i get the cheapest D1-CS144-A200 alternator ?? is there a bigger one will fit my car that is cheap?? 1985 Buick Electra Park Avenue 3.8L 231CI V6 FI VIN: 3 .. this one is to high of a price for me H.O. Power Rating:220 Amps YOUR COST: $589.00

t&t tech wrote: The "Big Three" upgrade means improving the current capacity of three cables: 1) alternator positive to battery positive, 2) battery negative to chassis, and 3) engine ground to chassis.

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t&t tech wrote: now i'm invisible .

Is this your first time? I can help you get through it.  It happens to me all the time.  The last time, I was invisible for 12 days. 

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I talked to a guy at ohio generator and he said you should go no bigger than 4 ga from alt stud to first battery...right now I have 2/0 and he said that will cause heat to back up and burn out the alt.... does this make sense to anyone?AVIC F90BT

4 15L7s

4 ZX 1000.1s

BIG 3

295 AMP ALT

2/0

2 KINETIK HC 2000

STILL GETTING VOLT DROPS

wth???????

It makes no sense at all to me.  Resistance = Heat.  Larger wire has less resistance.

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seismicburban wrote: I talked to a guy at ohio generator and he said you should go no bigger than 4 ga from alt stud to first battery...right now I have 2/0 and he said that will cause heat to back up and burn out the alt.... does this make sense to anyone?

Wow... that guy has ZERO idea of what he's talking about. Wires dont carry heat, they carry current. The bigger the wire, the more efficiently they do that job, and that is without exception. Also, heat can't be "backed up". It's one of the first principles of thermodynamics. Heat doesn't like to stay where it is, and as long as there is adequate heat removal capacity, the thermal energy CAN'T stay where it is. If your alternator burns up, it's because you are expecting more power density than can be safely gotten from your given case volume.It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."