Just got my Iraggi alt, need help wiring! PICS!!!

[937DYTBOI 5,000+ posts]

sounds like a bad alt to me. But let it run for a while and see if the voltage kicks up a few notches

 

[SkwurlyFab 10+ year member]

I sure hope its not a defective alternator. Definitly a b1tch of an install and I really dont wanna have to take it out and put another one in. I'm letting it run right now, kinda sketchy though cuz I don't have the power wire fused and who knows if the alternator is gonna do something crazy or not.

 

[937DYTBOI 5,000+ posts]

mines isnt fused either but mines runs fine. Jus makes a supercharger whine but i know thats due to the fan

 

[SkwurlyFab 10+ year member]

Still ticking, maybe not as loud, or maybe I just got used to it. The battery is up to 14.07 right now. Is it possible that if theres a problem with the alternator that it could fry my battery?

 

[SkwurlyFab 10+ year member]

Oh, and how do I check the amperage coming from the alt? Can I use a regular DMM or do I have to use something else?

 

[photocrazy8 10+ year member]

Oh, and how do I check the amperage coming from the alt? Can I use a regular DMM or do I have to use something else?

you need the $500 clamp that goes into the DMM plugs (if you have a nice DMM like a Fluke etc...) //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

that ticking noise could be a few things,a carbomb perhaps?

but it should be just as quiet as any other alt under normal operating conditions

 

[SkwurlyFab 10+ year member]

Well the car drives fine that's for sure. I wanna get the alt checked to see what it's putting out at idle though. Cuz I definitly dont have the 500 dollar clamp attachment lol.

 

[prochobo 10+ year member]

You can buy a $100 Craftsman from Sears.

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

one of those wires was your exciter...

if you just mixed and matched, the alternator wont put out peak power

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

mines isnt fused either but mines runs fine. Jus makes a supercharger whine but i know thats due to the fan

x2, the first few days i thought it was actually a ground loop coming through my speakers!

then i realized it went away when i closed my windows, and at some point deducted that it was coming from under the hood!

I still love it, tho, it's the best mod i've done so far.

14.7 at idle with low volume, 14.3 at idle at full tilt @ 2400w rms,

and i didn't even get the high-idle output model

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

you need the $500 clamp that goes into the DMM plugs (if you have a nice DMM like a Fluke etc...) //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

You can't even do it with that.

Go to Auto-Zone or Advance Auto, and ask them to check your alternator. Their machine puts a load on the alternator... and checks it for output and such...

You alternator isn't going to provide 200amps @ idle if it doesn't need to (i.e. no load)... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

nG

 

[SkwurlyFab 10+ year member]

Yeah the clicking stopped cuz I tightened the belt a little more and sinched it down real good with the pinch bolt. I don't mind the whine at all, now when I have noise coming through the speakers I'll just say it's the HO alt Anyways I'm gonna get it checked to see what it's putting out, but pepboys wanted 20 bucks so I'm over that. I'll take it to my buddies shop eventually. I think I really should fuse that line though cuz that would **** to have to do this install all over again if I blew the alt.

 

[regal8r 5,000+ posts]

Yeah the clicking stopped cuz I tightened the belt a little more and sinched it down real good with the pinch bolt. I don't mind the whine at all, now when I have noise coming through the speakers I'll just say it's the HO alt Anyways I'm gonna get it checked to see what it's putting out, but pepboys wanted 20 bucks so I'm over that. I'll take it to my buddies shop eventually. I think I really should fuse that line though cuz that would **** to have to do this install all over again if I blew the alt.

advanced auto or oreillys does it for free //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

edit: btw u cant fry and alt by not having it fused, only ways an alternator can go out is if the stator shorts itself, rectifier bridge fries from too much heat, or voltage regulator (if internally regulated) goes out.

 

[SPL140.2 5,000+ posts]

You can't even do it with that.
Go to Auto-Zone or Advance Auto, and ask them to check your alternator. Their machine puts a load on the alternator... and checks it for output and such...

You alternator isn't going to provide 200amps @ idle if it doesn't need to (i.e. no load)... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

nG

id almost trust those guys //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif they dont know how to test them ask dom