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<blockquote data-quote="tsupra98" data-source="post: 4947415" data-attributes="member: 597873">yea it sounds like it&#039;s just the meter.&nbsp; maybe it&#039;s what the other guy is saying and you have it hooked up wrong or something.&nbsp; but in order for your alt to put out it&#039;s 180 or whatever it is something needs to be asking for 180 amps.&nbsp; so unless you hook something up that is pulling 180 or more amps then you&#039;ll never see the alt put out that much.do you know anyone that has a vat40?&nbsp; if you do have them test it.&nbsp; it just hooks up to your batt and it pulls ALOT or current out it can tell you how much your alt is sending to the batt to try to make up for this drain.&nbsp; i did this to test one of my old alts that was supposed to put out 170 amp but it only ended up putting out 100 amp and that was the second one i had recieved the first one only put out 90 amps.oh and one more thing.&nbsp; if you are trying to test to see what it puts out make sure you test it at 2000 rpms or whatever the alt is rated to put out it&#039;s max power bacause alt don&#039;t put out there max at idle</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tsupra98, post: 4947415, member: 597873"] yea it sounds like it's just the meter. maybe it's what the other guy is saying and you have it hooked up wrong or something. but in order for your alt to put out it's 180 or whatever it is something needs to be asking for 180 amps. so unless you hook something up that is pulling 180 or more amps then you'll never see the alt put out that much. do you know anyone that has a vat40? if you do have them test it. it just hooks up to your batt and it pulls ALOT or current out it can tell you how much your alt is sending to the batt to try to make up for this drain. i did this to test one of my old alts that was supposed to put out 170 amp but it only ended up putting out 100 amp and that was the second one i had recieved the first one only put out 90 amps. oh and one more thing. if you are trying to test to see what it puts out make sure you test it at 2000 rpms or whatever the alt is rated to put out it's max power bacause alt don't put out there max at idle [/QUOTE]

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