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#85648 09/18/2002 1:02 AM | Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 141 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 141 | this may sound kinda silly coming from an electrician of 22 years but...I've been told that in order to install nice stereo system in my 52 I need to install an alternator. now if this is true can anyone tell me why and what I need to do the people on this site have helped me considerably and I hate to ask so many questions but as my dearly departed dad would say "how are you going to learn w/out asking"hopefully I can contribute SOME type of usefull info thanks | | |
#85649 09/18/2002 1:58 AM | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | freydaddy,
I am interested in reading the replies and recommendations you get on this one but I have no advice. However, you might want to add the following information so that those in the know have a little more to work with:
1. Is there a 6v or 12v system now in your truck?
2. What is the power draw of a nice sound system (presumably a 12v system)? Does nice mean powerful (thump . . . thump . . thump)?
At the minimum, you might find that a standard 6v or 12v generator might not recharge your battery in city driving if you have a nice (powerful?) sound system. Also, if you have a 6v electrical system in your truck, you will need good advice on a voltage converter.
Perhaps the person you spoke with was suggesting that you would have to change your system to 12v and might as well go with a 12v alternator?
Good luck,
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#85650 09/18/2002 2:21 AM | Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 141 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 141 | hey tc it has been changed by po dont know exactly what was done but gauges dont work po is a bud I'm just happy to have trk bugged the fire out of him for 7 years and finally wound up tadeing 69 mercedes for it [glad I did love my truck] | | |
#85651 09/19/2002 3:47 PM | Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 384 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 384 | Wm--
Not much info to go on here, prolly need to figure out what you have first. Alternators seem to be the recharge instrument of choice but I used generators for years without complaint. Always had small radios and used a 12v generator when in the City. Alternators of course recharge at idle and generators only at rpm. Generators however can recharge a dead battery and alternators can't.
Buzz'n Half Dozen
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#85652 09/24/2002 4:26 PM | Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 124 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 124 | Ok...this is quite simple, think of it as adding an extra outlet next to the garage door opener in the garage.....
An alternator WILL work much better than a generator for what you are trying to accomplish because the alternator is able to provide a constant output at idle and low rpms where as a generator does not. As you know solid state devices will have a longer life when they run on a constant voltage.
So what you need is an alternator from a 1973 thru 1985 GM Vehicle, which will have an internal solid state regulator. Next you will need a DA Plug to wire the alternator into your original system, and the DA Plug will come with the instructions on how to do all of that.
If you have any further questions please drop me an e-mail...thanks Randy | | |
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