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<blockquote data-quote="adulbrich" data-source="post: 8474084" data-attributes="member: 661255">So far, I haven&#039;t killed it going full tilt at idle. I know the guy you&#039;re talking about. &quot;Masterofallbass&quot;. He&#039;s got 6 High output alts iirc. I just have two high output alternators and two stock ones right now. One of the stock alternators just charges the stock battery and runs the stock electrical.I&#039;m having a weird voltage thing happen though.In the morning when I first start up my truck, everything is great. I charge at 15.0v flat. Quickly reving it up, it might spike to 15.3v before leveling out to 15.0v again. When it&#039;s cold and I just started up my truck, going full tilt at idle I don&#039;t drop below 14.7v. After the truck warms up, I charge in the high 14&#039;s while driving, but dip into the 13&#039;s when I&#039;m going full tilt at idle. If I turn my truck off and then start it back up while it&#039;s still hot, voltage is in the 13&#039;s or 14&#039;s. Then, it&#039;ll occasionally jump to 16v if I&#039;m not bumping hard and give it some gas like when I&#039;m taking off from a stoplight. It always charges lower when hot. I&#039;ve heard of this happening, but it makes a big difference at idle. Voltage drops a lot more when it&#039;s hot than when it&#039;s cold. Also, I don&#039;t like the random voltage spikes. It&#039;s isolated from the stock electrical system, so at least I&#039;m not going to damage the ECU. The amp is fine at higher voltages, and should protect at 16.2v iirc. I&#039;m worried about my batteries being damaged by the voltage spikes and I wish I could keep voltage up while I&#039;m idling and the engine is hot.Thanks, it was a struggle. Hopefully the triple is easier for you! I don&#039;t see why they don&#039;t have directions in PDF&#039;s on their site</blockquote>

[QUOTE="adulbrich, post: 8474084, member: 661255"] So far, I haven't killed it going full tilt at idle. I know the guy you're talking about. "Masterofallbass". He's got 6 High output alts iirc. I just have two high output alternators and two stock ones right now. One of the stock alternators just charges the stock battery and runs the stock electrical. I'm having a weird voltage thing happen though. In the morning when I first start up my truck, everything is great. I charge at 15.0v flat. Quickly reving it up, it might spike to 15.3v before leveling out to 15.0v again. When it's cold and I just started up my truck, going full tilt at idle I don't drop below 14.7v. After the truck warms up, I charge in the high 14's while driving, but dip into the 13's when I'm going full tilt at idle. If I turn my truck off and then start it back up while it's still hot, voltage is in the 13's or 14's. Then, it'll occasionally jump to 16v if I'm not bumping hard and give it some gas like when I'm taking off from a stoplight. It always charges lower when hot. I've heard of this happening, but it makes a big difference at idle. Voltage drops a lot more when it's hot than when it's cold. Also, I don't like the random voltage spikes. It's isolated from the stock electrical system, so at least I'm not going to damage the ECU. The amp is fine at higher voltages, and should protect at 16.2v iirc. I'm worried about my batteries being damaged by the voltage spikes and I wish I could keep voltage up while I'm idling and the engine is hot. Thanks, it was a struggle. Hopefully the triple is easier for you! I don't see why they don't have directions in PDF's on their site [/QUOTE]

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