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<blockquote data-quote="adam71" data-source="post: 961355" data-attributes="member: 549079">I did a search and was unable to find the answer to my question to where my dumb *** could understand.I&#039;m on my 3rd alt for my current vehicle and when I&#039;m only running my system everything is fine.&nbsp;&nbsp; But now that the dog days of summer are here I have to run the A/C now as well.&nbsp; The last 2 alts that I&#039;ve had go out were when I was driving with my system running as well as my A/C.&nbsp; So needless to say if I&#039;m running my a/c I don&#039;t turn up my system very far in fear of frying another alt.So anywho, I&#039;m naturally looking for a HO alternator.&nbsp;&nbsp; My &quot;specific&quot; question is this:&nbsp; Is an alternator just a source of power?&nbsp; Does it only put out what is drawn from it?&nbsp; I&#039;ve heard people say before that if you get a bigger alt than what your car came with stock it could fry your electrical system, is this true or BS??&nbsp;&nbsp; So for a more general question............is a stock alt and a HO alt act the same except the only difference is that the HO has more potential??Any help would be greatly appereciated.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ll do a search for &quot;where to buy&quot; one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="adam71, post: 961355, member: 549079"] I did a search and was unable to find the answer to my question to where my dumb *** could understand. I'm on my 3rd alt for my current vehicle and when I'm only running my system everything is fine. But now that the dog days of summer are here I have to run the A/C now as well. The last 2 alts that I've had go out were when I was driving with my system running as well as my A/C. So needless to say if I'm running my a/c I don't turn up my system very far in fear of frying another alt. So anywho, I'm naturally looking for a HO alternator. My "specific" question is this: Is an alternator just a source of power? Does it only put out what is drawn from it? I've heard people say before that if you get a bigger alt than what your car came with stock it could fry your electrical system, is this true or BS?? So for a more general question............is a stock alt and a HO alt act the same except the only difference is that the HO has more potential?? Any help would be greatly appereciated. I'll do a search for "where to buy" one. [/QUOTE]

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