Another Alternator set of questions

[PA_1999Valk]

Are LActrical alternators any good?  I see the 80 AMP and 85 AMP ones on Amazon and eBay for reasonable prices.  These made in China and are "upgraded" in the USA.

I have read this board that some people say the higher AMP (>40 AMP) alternators may require other modifications such as the special metal fuse (>55 AMP) and even the heavy wiring.

Carl

[The emperor has no clothes]

I put one on a couple months ago with no issues. Only 2000 miles so its hard to say how good it is . It's marked as a hitachi and I got the 85 amp.

[PhredValk]

Meathead, did it just slide in without problems? The Compufire unit needs some frame mods, and MarkT swears that you'll need a bigger battery, like the one for the GL1500 Wing. The fuse will have to be doubled to 110 from the stock 55 if you want to be really safe; Mark put two 55's on coated in liquid electrical tape.
Fred.

[Ricky-D]

The fuse will have to be doubled to 110 from the stock 55 if you want to be really safe

Actually the safety factor is being reduced by half in the above scenario.

But, you knew that!

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[The emperor has no clothes]

Meathead, did it just slide in without problems? The Compufire unit needs some frame mods, and MarkT swears that you'll need a bigger battery, like the one for the GL1500 Wing. The fuse will have to be doubled to 110 from the stock 55 if you want to be really safe; Mark put two 55's on coated in liquid electrical tape.
Fred.

Well I wouldn't say it was easy but it went in pretty good. My biggest problem was getting the old one out. Couldn't see where the wire needed to be unplugged at. I don't know anything about a bigger battery or different fuses, hope I'm not missing something.