On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 00:55:23 -0400, "Skip Gundlach"
wrote:
I'm not happy with the
amount of charging provided by the engine, which we ran for an awful lot of
the time on our shakedown/delivery cruise, and still found ourselves not
fully charged most of the time.

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Do you have a heavy duty alternator (100+ amps) with a 3 stage
regulator?

If not, that's the answer. The bad news is that you'll need dual
belts to drive it, but well worth the investment.

You can go up to a 160 amp alternator without having to
resort to a large frame dual belt model.

Doug
s/v Callista

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 00:55:23 -0400, "Skip Gundlach"
wrote:
I'm not happy with the
amount of charging provided by the engine, which we ran for an awful lot
of
the time on our shakedown/delivery cruise, and still found ourselves not
fully charged most of the time.

===================================

Do you have a heavy duty alternator (100+ amps) with a 3 stage
regulator?

If not, that's the answer. The bad news is that you'll need dual
belts to drive it, but well worth the investment.

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 08:50:10 -0400, "Doug Dotson"
wrote:

You can go up to a 160 amp alternator without having to
resort to a large frame dual belt model.

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Doug, can you cite some references on that? I've never heard of
anyone recommending 100+ amps without dual belts. I used to run a 120
amp Balmar on one of my old sailboats with a single belt. Frankly it
left a lot to be desired even at 50 to 60 amps - lots of squealing and
chewed up belts. It would never get even remotely close to 100 amps,
even for short periods. The belt slip was just too much for it.

And then Skip typed:

already installed which, if we don't have someone buy it for some
significant amount of money,

and they all ran for cover......(c;

Larry