Re: 56 Exec. Generator to Alternator

Posted by HH56 On 2013/5/16 8:26:09

I keep thinking back to worst case scenario if something should go wrong. Case in point O_D's encounter with the shorted lighter. As he described it, the generator was squealing and the ammeter was pegged. On a generator regulated at 30 amps we can assume that was probably the max output. O_D's car suffered no damage.

What would an alternator capable of 65 or more amps do in that situation? There's a couple of circuits with absolutely no fuse protection so if something happened in one of those the wire would take it all. If anything, a fuse at the alternator would be a better solution than doing nothing else. I believe a lot of modern cars do that very thing with a master fuse or fuse link before the fusebox.