food for thought
all i can say is wow!
I sure as hell can't seem to understand why my car don't have all these voltage drops/ amps dropping due to having the stock wire on the alt.
well lets see here!
I have dual fans, hi-output Fuel pump, silver star headlights, a/c with auto climate control, power windows/locks, Fast XFI, am/fm cd player with 3 amps in the trunk! 2 100 watt amps and 1 500 watt amp.
For some dang odd reason my battery stays charged. So do i happen to have the accident that gm built. no
BTW your taking the voltage reading from the scan master did it ever occur to you that the ecm curcuit could be having a issue thus causing your voltage drop.
Try taking another voltage reading at the battery then another at the cigerette lighter and note the diffrence. then compare those to what the scan master shows.
I also find it amazing as people think you need a larger wire from the alt to the battery.
But not up sizing the fuse links and wires that feed all the switched acc and non switched acc that get powered from inside the car?
The alt wire has nothing to do with those wires. Those fuse links/wires connect at the starter.
So your voltage issues are from the starter connections to inside the cab of the car.
Someone mentioned about running the larger alt wire to the starter VS the battery. Did it ever occur to you that the battery cable to the starter is way bigger than the larger 6 gauge wire. So there is nothing to gain by doing that.
Turbo loyd
I like how you mentioned the fuse ratings and added them up for a grand total of 172 amps. Did it ever occur to you that the Alternator on a TR is 120 amp unit or hell the upgraded one is 140 amp. So adding the larger wire does nothing to the battery and its having more power drawn off of it than what the alt can provide. so that don't make any sense to me?
Also the fuse ratings have a little give in them as well. do you really think if the radio has a 10 amp fuse in it that it really is consuming 10 amps .
Fuse sizing has to deal with faults. If one were to pull 10 amps on a 10 amp fuse, the fuse would eventully fail due to thermal resistance and then the fuse melts and thuse no connection.
Something that i learned along time ago is basic electronics is. "The root of all evil is nothing more than a bad connection"
all i can say is wow!
I sure as hell can't seem to understand why my car don't have all these voltage drops/ amps dropping due to having the stock wire on the alt.
well lets see here!
I have dual fans, hi-output Fuel pump, silver star headlights, a/c with auto climate control, power windows/locks, Fast XFI, am/fm cd player with 3 amps in the trunk! 2 100 watt amps and 1 500 watt amp.
For some dang odd reason my battery stays charged. So do i happen to have the accident that gm built. no
BTW your taking the voltage reading from the scan master did it ever occur to you that the ecm curcuit could be having a issue thus causing your voltage drop.
Try taking another voltage reading at the battery then another at the cigerette lighter and note the diffrence. then compare those to what the scan master shows.
I also find it amazing as people think you need a larger wire from the alt to the battery.
But not up sizing the fuse links and wires that feed all the switched acc and non switched acc that get powered from inside the car?
The alt wire has nothing to do with those wires. Those fuse links/wires connect at the starter.
So your voltage issues are from the starter connections to inside the cab of the car.
Someone mentioned about running the larger alt wire to the starter VS the battery. Did it ever occur to you that the battery cable to the starter is way bigger than the larger 6 gauge wire. So there is nothing to gain by doing that.
Turbo loyd
I like how you mentioned the fuse ratings and added them up for a grand total of 172 amps. Did it ever occur to you that the Alternator on a TR is 120 amp unit or hell the upgraded one is 140 amp. So adding the larger wire does nothing to the battery and its having more power drawn off of it than what the alt can provide. so that don't make any sense to me?
Also the fuse ratings have a little give in them as well. do you really think if the radio has a 10 amp fuse in it that it really is consuming 10 amps .
Fuse sizing has to deal with faults. If one were to pull 10 amps on a 10 amp fuse, the fuse would eventully fail due to thermal resistance and then the fuse melts and thuse no connection.
Something that i learned along time ago is basic electronics is. "The root of all evil is nothing more than a bad connection"