Jack,
If I remember correctly from my auto school days just
the opposite is true. Alternators put out approx. 14v
@ idle speed where as most generators do not.
Byron
--- Jack Halton <safesix@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Smokey,
>
> Just make sure you use a smaller pulley. An
> alternator has to spin faster to
> put out a charge at idle speed. If you use the
> generator pulley on an
> alternator, it will work but you'll see a discharge
> at idle. This means
> changing fan belt size, but that's a small price to
> pay for the increased
> efficiency of an alternator.
>
> Jack Halton
> 51 GMC 1/2 ton
> Winter Park FL
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles Culver" <sculver@iwl.net>
> To: "oletrucks list" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 11:16 PM
> Subject: [oletrucks] alternator vs. generator
>
>
> > In the process of installing air conditioning, I
> have had to replace the
> old
> > reliable generator with a 1-wire alternator.
> Haven't gotten to drive it
> > yet, and am just wondering if I will see any
> difference?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Smokey Culver
> > '50 3600 5-window (mine)
> > '56 3600 (hers)
> > League City, Texas
> >
> >
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built
> between 1941 and 1959
> >
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built
> between 1941 and 1959
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