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Andina Marie Andina Marie is offline
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Default Can an alternator be to big?

I hope you were increasing both pulleys so the alternator RPM was the
same?

If the alternator sucks up too many horsepower, especially when docking
or emergencies, a field disconnect switch can be added to remove the
load temporarily.