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Originally Posted by avanti
First light! 
Alternator came up without issues. Battery was full so I couldn't look at charging behavior yet. But, I did do one test: Turned on the inverter and the Air Conditioner. The Trimetric showed -132 amps. Started the engine. Trimetric immediately went to +1 amp (on idle). I'm liking this.
I am now running the A/C to get the battery down. Then we can get a look at charging. |
Sounds nice!
132 amps at idle is really good for 200 amp alternator. Was the engine still on fast idle at the time? The probably also spin the alternator a bit faster than usual when they use it as an add on, besides. Do you have a tach so you can measure alternator speed?
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