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·Columbo's '66 289/2V is supposed to have a 55 A alternator, but I'm not 100% sure. Some of you may know he's having a charging problem when he uses his car-stereo (radio CD-player, subwoofer and seperate power amp). Today we finally took his Mustang to the paint shop, so we have the stereo lying around to be bench-tested soon.
Today I was checking the currents to and fro the battery and from the alternator on my 1970 Volvo Amazon. It has a 35 A Bosh alternator. I was somewhat surprised to find that the wire to the BAT-terminal of the alternator is much thicker than the one on the Mustang.
I'm considering the possibility that the wire on the Mustang is too thin to take 55 A without considerable losses (maybe it was replaced at one point in time with thinner wire?).
I would like to know the original wire gauge to the alternator terminals to confirm if my suspicions are right.
Today I was checking the currents to and fro the battery and from the alternator on my 1970 Volvo Amazon. It has a 35 A Bosh alternator. I was somewhat surprised to find that the wire to the BAT-terminal of the alternator is much thicker than the one on the Mustang.
I'm considering the possibility that the wire on the Mustang is too thin to take 55 A without considerable losses (maybe it was replaced at one point in time with thinner wire?).
I would like to know the original wire gauge to the alternator terminals to confirm if my suspicions are right.