Caps are used as power storage in place a batteries and hold better then batteries on large draws.
So it would be of no use with the sense wire. Maybe the charging post..
But still 6 2.xV maxwell caps in series usually need to be charged at 16v.
Charging at 14v would be a waste.
You could have spent 500$ on a 4 pin alt and used a ext reg so you can just get another instead of wasteing 700$ on one.
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I figured out the problem. It was the regulator that was limiting things. It is a two wire alt. The way the stock regulator is set up, it is made to accept an AC a sine wave from the vcm. At 80% of the duty cycle, it charges between 14.7 and 15.0. at 60% it charges between 14.4 and 14.7. At 40% it charges between 14.1 and 14.4. Ect.
The regulator wasn't bad, it was just meant to be externally regulated by the truck's vcm. I got a new 2 wire regulator from a local shop installed for $50. It is just a sense wire and remote turn on wire type of regulator. Very basic.
Since I stopped posting, I got my alternator regulator replaced. Now I charge at 14.7v all day. Then I wired the TFE down to .5 nominal and it slams.
Normal listening, I don't drop below 14.2v. When I'm going hard with most songs, the lowest I drop at idle is around 13.2v. Going full tilt on my favorite song while idling, I drop to 12.7v at the lowest. I know I could do some mad hairtricks, but I don't have any hot chicks in my life right now to make a video.
I'm just so sick of the forums. Some people are just here to be
assholes. I know I can be an
ass sometimes, but I do try to be helpful also.
No hate at all bro. Just stating that you, for some reason, cannot put together a build log without having crap come up. You seem to act as if you know everything about the industry. Maybe if you listen to the advice of the ones that have been in your shoes many times and learned from what they are saying, your system might be what you want then. Do not take this the wrong way but your a KID. You have been doing this for a couple years when others have been doing it for a couple decades. There is a huge difference. Its an online forum, take the criticism with a grain of salt not get all butt hurt. If you cannot do that then stop doing multiple build logs with the same crap. Maybe if your install way quality and not thrown together like a hot mess then things will be better for your log. This industry is not for the throw together builders. If you want a quality build log then do some actual quality work. Cut the childshit and learn from the veterans here.
If you do not like what someone is saying then simply don't respond. when you do, you come off as a know-it-all when you clearly are not.
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Good luck with your install and future. I honestly hope both work out for you.
Thanks, I think I'm going to be done with audio for a while. Then I'm going to find the time and re-do it right after learning from these mistakes.
No u don't understand. He's not saying charging 1v higher will do anything. He knows his alt should put out 370a at 12v or 14v.... His main point is he paid fricken $750 for 1 alternator!!! And it doesn't even charge 14.4v where it should... Singer put a regulator that does 13.9-13.7 hot which is dumb. I don't care if I won't hear a difference if I'm paying for a brand new alt I want it to charge 14.4v-15v... I know exactly how adulbirch feels because I had singer alts that did the same thing and singer told me my battery's were drained or bad connections or some how it was my fault.. Not the case I put my stock alts back in and charging 14.4v... So I sold my singer alts and bought excessive amperage and couldn't be happier.. Charge 14.4v or higher in 100' summer weather. It the type of regulator singer used in his alt simple as that end of story. Sigh
Exactly my point! I bought the most expensive alternator for my truck and expected a higher voltage. It ended up being that the regulator was not right for my application. That style required a vcm to operate as intended. Luckily, it only cost me $50 for a new regulator
It's a wiring harness that taps into the IGN fuse And then a wire the connects to power stud on alt and goes to a harness that plugs into the alt
Yep, that's what I've got
Not the harness itsself but could it be wired incorrectly ?
It was wired wrong for the stock alt's application, yes. Now it is correct with the new regulator.
No, just busy and p
issed off
