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Old 07-20-2014, 07:36 AM   #120 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ECONORAM View Post
I am guessing this would only work within a certain RPM range? I say this because after installing an under drive crank pulley, my alternator's output is about a volt lower (just by reading the AeroForce gauge) at idle. Could the voltage output be adjusted higher? Or could one of these capacitor banks hold the voltage up at a stoplight...long enough until the engine went off idle?
I suspect your alt is just spinning too slow to make more than 13v, the regulator's not limiting it's output, there just isn't enough of it.

The supercap won't make a difference either, I just tested a 350uf bank on my Jeep, the total charge capacity is around 0.2Ah, your battery is probably around 100Ah.
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