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<blockquote data-quote="audiolife" data-source="post: 2536051" data-attributes="member: 541383"><p>an alt is no where near 100% out put 100% of the time. meaning that unless you are driving 65 miles an hour 100% of the time a 300 amp alt will probably only be 280 or so amps so there. that is the trade off of it being hi output......at idle unless you use a shorter pulley or crank up idle rpm the alt will only be 30-50% power (50% power if you do the mods needed and even less than 30 if you just throw it on.) when you do the mods needed to make the electrical better and you don't moderate how you do so it can add alot of unneeded stress to the alt AND the car. a high output alt being used heavily wont have the same life span. alot of high output alts put out less power at idle than a factory alt as well. EVEN when installed correctly</p><p></p><p>music isn't a constant draw output of an alt isn't constant and is more Dependant with your speed than just a whim of turning up a volume knob. so when a system is being pushed it is still more than likely the alt/battery is spending more time charging than you think. the voltage drops are there from peaks it cant cover.</p><p></p><p>a little common sense tells me if we have a power source now that can cover the load but at the same time have a greater variance to its average output that somewhere along the lines extra support will be needed (extra battery/batteries). an alt is designed to work with a battery as it filters an alts output. take the battery out of the electrical system your lights would dim, get really bright then your voltage regulator would go up into smoke. also somewhere it should click in if a battery wasnt that important and the alt did all the work then a battery in a car could be alot smaller.</p><p></p><p>sorry if you can't or don't understand it but oh well i can read run ons and i can make sense out of about anything but for someone that types REALLY plain and simple sentences that are at best vague im glad i confuse you... lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="audiolife, post: 2536051, member: 541383"] an alt is no where near 100% out put 100% of the time. meaning that unless you are driving 65 miles an hour 100% of the time a 300 amp alt will probably only be 280 or so amps so there. that is the trade off of it being hi output......at idle unless you use a shorter pulley or crank up idle rpm the alt will only be 30-50% power (50% power if you do the mods needed and even less than 30 if you just throw it on.) when you do the mods needed to make the electrical better and you don't moderate how you do so it can add alot of unneeded stress to the alt AND the car. a high output alt being used heavily wont have the same life span. alot of high output alts put out less power at idle than a factory alt as well. EVEN when installed correctly music isn't a constant draw output of an alt isn't constant and is more Dependant with your speed than just a whim of turning up a volume knob. so when a system is being pushed it is still more than likely the alt/battery is spending more time charging than you think. the voltage drops are there from peaks it cant cover. a little common sense tells me if we have a power source now that can cover the load but at the same time have a greater variance to its average output that somewhere along the lines extra support will be needed (extra battery/batteries). an alt is designed to work with a battery as it filters an alts output. take the battery out of the electrical system your lights would dim, get really bright then your voltage regulator would go up into smoke. also somewhere it should click in if a battery wasnt that important and the alt did all the work then a battery in a car could be alot smaller. sorry if you can't or don't understand it but oh well i can read run ons and i can make sense out of about anything but for someone that types REALLY plain and simple sentences that are at best vague im glad i confuse you... lol [/QUOTE]
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