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SignUp Now!Something else that's been bugging me. I'm not an electrical engineer, but if you take a component designed to be used with 12V and run it on 16V, you will increase the amperage draw of the component. E over I, R. It's a basic law of electricity. Higher amperage translates to higher heat. Correct? If the internal circuitry is not designed to handle the extra amperage draw for a given length of time, won't the magic smoke get out? I always thought that the idea was to keep the smoke in the box.
But what did you do to check and make sure you wouldn't have a problem? Did you just slap the stuff on and cross your fingers? "OK guys. Let's start her up. Keep on the look out for magic smoke!"![]()
Probably took advice from someone else who has already done it. I installed a 16V setup on my car about 5 years ago after seeing how well it worked on one of my customers car. I don't know of a single person who went to 16V and regretted it.
Donnie, Im too tired to explain it , but why are all your big appliances run on 220 volt?? Cause its 1/2 the amperage of 120 volt!!! Why do big mfg. plants run most equipment on 480 volt?? Cause its less amperage at the higher voltage which in turn means you can use smaller wire , fuses , etc. which is much cheaper to install!! I swear its true!!! Mike![]()
If you only use the car for racing why bother with an alternator ,one less
thing to have a problem with and less weight on the nose