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<blockquote data-quote="jesterjames" data-source="post: 5089468" data-attributes="member: 602824"><p>A note on installing 2 alternators</p><p></p><p>WARNING: Ill say this first and that is i am no expert, so this explination on what might be required might not be 100% accurate, and the last thing i will note is that i have never installed 2 alternators.</p><p></p><p>Here we go,</p><p></p><p>alternators make electricity through using a magnetic field, the strength of this magnetic field is effected by the current draw on the alternator, the more draw there is the stronger the field is, the less draw there is the weaker the field is. The draw on the alternator is controlled by the voltage regulator. Im not going to draw you a picture but image if you had 100 marbles on each side of a line, these marbles represent a balance in the electrical system, when the system is equal on both sides, the voltage regulator switches the alternator to a circuit with no load on it, when the voltage is less than desired on the right side(current load side) it switches the alternator to that circuit and equals out the system.</p><p></p><p>In reality if you have any kind of amp in your car the alternator rarely if at all gets disconnected from the system. The voltage regulator still has to be there or else the system wouldnt work when you turned the music off, if it wasnt there over charging would occur and you would destroy your batteries.</p><p></p><p>Note: This is my idea on this, and if anyone more knowledgeable has some incite please correct me and add to it.</p><p></p><p>Ok so what you will need besides the second alternator and a place to mount it into the belt system.</p><p></p><p>Power cable running to the battery/batteries depending on how you do it</p><p></p><p>Voltage regulator</p><p></p><p>and you will want to wire it into the ignition system somehow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jesterjames, post: 5089468, member: 602824"] A note on installing 2 alternators WARNING: Ill say this first and that is i am no expert, so this explination on what might be required might not be 100% accurate, and the last thing i will note is that i have never installed 2 alternators. Here we go, alternators make electricity through using a magnetic field, the strength of this magnetic field is effected by the current draw on the alternator, the more draw there is the stronger the field is, the less draw there is the weaker the field is. The draw on the alternator is controlled by the voltage regulator. Im not going to draw you a picture but image if you had 100 marbles on each side of a line, these marbles represent a balance in the electrical system, when the system is equal on both sides, the voltage regulator switches the alternator to a circuit with no load on it, when the voltage is less than desired on the right side(current load side) it switches the alternator to that circuit and equals out the system. In reality if you have any kind of amp in your car the alternator rarely if at all gets disconnected from the system. The voltage regulator still has to be there or else the system wouldnt work when you turned the music off, if it wasnt there over charging would occur and you would destroy your batteries. Note: This is my idea on this, and if anyone more knowledgeable has some incite please correct me and add to it. Ok so what you will need besides the second alternator and a place to mount it into the belt system. Power cable running to the battery/batteries depending on how you do it Voltage regulator and you will want to wire it into the ignition system somehow. [/QUOTE]
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