Gary Lewis

Well done, Jeff!

I also saw a lot of 95amp and 130amp units for a lot cheaper. I decided to go with the 200amp because I have the electric fans and a stereo amp. Mine is also an AC truck. So between what the compressor clutch pulls, and the fans and radio... and it's night so the high beams are on... and it's raining so the wipers are on... and the defrost has both the compressor and the fans on... it adds up and I wasn't sure 130amp was going to cover the worst case scenario. Amazon says "Under full load conditions, amperage output at 1200 engine rpm will peak at 200 Amps, amperage output at 600 engine rpm (idle) will peak at 100 Amps". And, as you can see below, that is the small-framed "95A" unit. So extrapolating to the 130A unit, which may not be fair, I'm seeing something like 275 for the max and 138A at idle. Think I'll look at what they offer...

Yes, that might well be the issue. Good luck!

Is that at idle or full-tilt, Ralph? The 130A 3G puts out far more at idle than your 1G can ever hope to do. So you wouldn't have to go for the 200A unit. Even the 90A 3G would be a serious upgrade.

Do you have a link to that alternator? I'd like to see what they say. Our page at Documentation/Electrical/Alternators has the output results from Jim/Ardwrkntrk's stock 130A 3G alternator from DB. They show output of 106A @ 1600 alternator RPM's, 134A @ 2500, and 160A @ 6000. Not sure what pulley sizes you have, but the specs I see say they may give 3:1 RPM, so that would be 533, 833, & 2000. So that 100A @ 650 RPM does sound like they mean engine RPM. But I think you have a smaller alternator, which may be the difference, and that's why I'm curious to look at their page.

Ok, makes sense. I have a stock 130A 3G on Big Blue, but it doesn't really keep up at idle with inverter when the air compressor is on. So I have considered a 200A upgrade, assuming that it'll give proportionately more at idle than the 130 unit does. Given that I'm interested to see what you find out.

Nice! With the doors quietened and those speakers you should notice a big difference in sound.

Interesting. So you'll drill it? Or does it take a screw?

Doesn't that snap into grooves? As for the speaker, that should work nicely. And have you driven it to see if the door handle sqeeks?

Cool! In several senses of the word! I'm anxious to see what you think of those fans after a while. And, what you think of that alternator. But what is that alternator in your pic? A bolt-on 3G from a 90's vehicle?

Those are nice. But they aren't all that common. You can make one though. The dimensions are on our page at Documentation/Interior/Behind The Seat Storage and then the Organizer tab.

Wow! Nice trucks! And beautiful trucks. (I'd ask which is Archie but you probably wouldn't understand. )

You are now on the map.

That's going to cause some poor steering, especially when braking or on bumps. Hold on tight!

Good info. Thanks!

Welcome! Glad you joined. Wow, that is a nice truck! They really did take good care of it. Should make it a lot easier to make it "right" for your use. What part of the PNW? I ask because we have a map (Bullnose Forum/Member's Map in the menu) and we can add you with a city/state or zip.

It was fun to figure it out and make it work. But you'll either have to come to church on Sunday or come to the shop to get your LEDs. And it sounds like you are placing your switch in about the same spot I'm placing mine. Should make it easier to get an acceptable light level.

Thanks, Dane. Bill - Yes, but at least on BB I run the lights pretty bright. Maybe a bit less than battery voltage, but not much. And these LEDs are very bright up there. So we may have to drop them down a bit. At least on Dads truck it’ll be down next to the wiper knob, so it won’t be in your face. Don’t know where Steve will put it on the Feep.

Welcome to the forum. But you may have missed the email asking you to go to the New Members Start Here folder and post an introduction there. The reason for that is that we keep the guidelines there and want to ensure that everyone has a chance to read them since we hold everyone to them. So before we address the transmission please read the guidelines and then post an intro in the NMSH folder. But don't worry, plenty of people miss that step so we won't hold it against you.

Success! The 12V white LEDs from Digikey came in and I installed one of them. But it wasn't quite that easy. The LED measures .219" OD on the rim and .197" OD on the body, but the opening in my bulb carrier for the switch is oval and will take a .187" drill bit with some effort. So I chucked an LED in the drill and used a file to turn it down to .175". It then went in nicely. Here's a shot showing the LED driven by 14v, so full brilliance. That may be too much and we might want to drop the voltage via a resistor in series when the time comes, but that can wait. And below that are two pics - the pea bulb, unmodified LED, and modified LED on the left, and pea bulb and LED in the carrier on the right.

Welcome! I'm glad you joined. Nice trucks! Particularly like the RV, but is an F150 able to handle that weight well? What engine is in it?