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Old 10-14-2013, 02:55 PM   #9 (permalink)
RobertISaar
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that 1200 might have been the first test point. assuming a 2:1 pulley ratio(which is pretty slow compared to a lot of the units i've had), that's a 600RPM idle. assuming 3:1(which is pretty realistic for my applications), that's 1800 alternator RPM, which is 40 amps or so.
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