New Alternator & Power Question
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Topic: New Alternator & Power Question
Posted By: dasmodul
Subject: New Alternator & Power Question
Date Posted: March 30, 2005 at 11:24 PM
Replies:
Posted By: supradude
Date Posted: March 31, 2005 at 6:16 AM
Posted By: sedate
Date Posted: March 31, 2005 at 9:24 AM
Yea I dunno what people have against capacitors.. I think this is one of those "theory vs. reality" things where what all the math points one way but the real workings of something point the other...
I mean, I have a $60 cap from power acoustik that worked absolute wonders for me ... however I will say it only helped significantly *after* I installed a rebuilt HO Alternator.. before I did that all it was good for was a constant "Beeeep" from the voltmeter built onto the thing telling me it was running at like 9 volts.
So, I took it out after some people saying things like they really are just loads on your system and a big hoax by car audio manufacturers and what-not.
But after I dropped in the cap figuring "what the hell" after the HO alt install, the whole head-light dimming thing was alivieted tremendously and the sub-amp stopped cutting out at stop-lights...(My alternator dips really low at idle.. like 10.5 volts) to be honest, I was *quite* suprised at the improvement.
You ought consider a second batter or an Optima Yellow in addition to the cap... or again, a better solution would be a HO Alternator. I poked around at Mr. Alternator.com and Irragi Alternators off of eBay but didn't see anythin that matched ur car...
You could have it rewound tho.. try a rebuilding shop like MrAlternator or something like that.. if your not comfortable taking out your own alternator though that could get highly expensive and inconvienient.... especially if you need ur car while your alt is in limbo for 3 or 4 weeks...
let us know what you end up doing and how it works out. After all my power problems I'm always interested in how other ppl are dealing w/ 'em.
I mean, I have a $60 cap from power acoustik that worked absolute wonders for me ... however I will say it only helped significantly *after* I installed a rebuilt HO Alternator.. before I did that all it was good for was a constant "Beeeep" from the voltmeter built onto the thing telling me it was running at like 9 volts.
So, I took it out after some people saying things like they really are just loads on your system and a big hoax by car audio manufacturers and what-not.
But after I dropped in the cap figuring "what the hell" after the HO alt install, the whole head-light dimming thing was alivieted tremendously and the sub-amp stopped cutting out at stop-lights...(My alternator dips really low at idle.. like 10.5 volts) to be honest, I was *quite* suprised at the improvement.
You ought consider a second batter or an Optima Yellow in addition to the cap... or again, a better solution would be a HO Alternator. I poked around at Mr. Alternator.com and Irragi Alternators off of eBay but didn't see anythin that matched ur car...
You could have it rewound tho.. try a rebuilding shop like MrAlternator or something like that.. if your not comfortable taking out your own alternator though that could get highly expensive and inconvienient.... especially if you need ur car while your alt is in limbo for 3 or 4 weeks...
let us know what you end up doing and how it works out. After all my power problems I'm always interested in how other ppl are dealing w/ 'em.
Posted By: supradude
Date Posted: March 31, 2005 at 2:10 PM
Posted By: Alpine Guy
Date Posted: March 31, 2005 at 8:19 PM
Posted By: dasmodul
Date Posted: March 31, 2005 at 11:16 PM
Posted By: Alpine Guy
Date Posted: April 01, 2005 at 12:13 PM