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<blockquote data-quote="VWBobby" data-source="post: 7360453" data-attributes="member: 624844">I&#039;ve taken apart several Bosch/Motorola and GM/Delco alternators.&nbsp; Only thing I&#039;ve seen is blown rectifiers (diodes) and bad bearings.Pimpnyou204, you got it.&nbsp; That&#039;s exactly what I was saying in my long winded post.&nbsp; Unless you&#039;re running several HO alts, everyone is exceeding their charging capacity at full tilt, and it doesn&#039;t hurt a thing as long as you let your batteries recharge. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gifHaving a volt meter tied in near your amp(s) would be a good indicator if you are in danger of hurting your amp.&nbsp; As long as it doesn&#039;t drop below 12V, you really can&#039;t hurt anything.&nbsp;&nbsp; To measure current draw, the amp meter must be tied in-line with your power.&nbsp; This used to be popular in the up until the 80&#039;s when manufactures started deleting the amp meter from the cluster.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="VWBobby, post: 7360453, member: 624844"] I've taken apart several Bosch/Motorola and GM/Delco alternators. Only thing I've seen is blown rectifiers (diodes) and bad bearings. Pimpnyou204, you got it. That's exactly what I was saying in my long winded post. Unless you're running several HO alts, everyone is exceeding their charging capacity at full tilt, and it doesn't hurt a thing as long as you let your batteries recharge. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] Having a volt meter tied in near your amp(s) would be a good indicator if you are in danger of hurting your amp. As long as it doesn't drop below 12V, you really can't hurt anything. To measure current draw, the amp meter must be tied in-line with your power. This used to be popular in the up until the 80's when manufactures started deleting the amp meter from the cluster. [/QUOTE]

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