When I was having trouble fitting my large 24V 60A
alternator to my
Perkins I told my
mechanic mate I was tempted to fit a 45A
alternator that was half the size.
He told me to stick with the large alternator as it was a bit like comparing a 400HP
engine in a street car with a 400HP truck
motor. He said one will output the rated HP for a short time and the truck
motor will output 400HP continually. Is that a good analogy?
NEXT QUESTION My large 24V alternator outputs 60A but when I
research the
internet the identical sized alternator on a later model Toyota outputs 85A. Without getting too technical what determines the output of an alternator and can I tweak mine up?
Clive