Doms Stereo Thread

[Domsz06]

no never 24/7 too much work to do, and as soon as I get a room mate, I"ll be at the lake in the evenings as they love the water as much as I do!

[Domsz06]

well got the alt. installed last night, well the brackets to work, will wire it up tonight so glad, I'll post pics, ssssshhhhhh don't tell tige, but I had to modify the brackets

[dogbert]

Hey, turn your stereo down, I can hear it all the way over here

[Domsz06]

ha ha ha, and I don't have the NVS's on yet

here are some pics of the bracket, and the alt all plumbed into place.

QUESTION!!

The two wires going to the stock alt, one was hot all the time, the other was nothing. Anyone have any idea what it might be? also. On the new alt I just hooked up the hot all the time wire, and not the hot on ignition source, or the tach. Now I know I don't have to hook up the tach, but what about the hot on ignition? Will I hurt anything? as you can see in the pics it is charging.

Thanks.

sorry the pics are blurry, it was hard to get it close and focus so you could see

[Domsz06]

here are some more.

[Domsz06]

first pic is at idle, with no stereo, and the second one is at 1000 rpm's with the stereo blasting. Only had one sub hooked up but all the amps were on. So I think this alt may just work. We shall see sat when I take it out for a lake test.

when I turned the stereo up at idle, the alt jumped around a bit on the deep bass notes, but at 1000 on the same song it didn't budge.

[Domsz06]

anybody out there answer my question?

[zad0030]

At the higher RPMs the alternator produces more of a charge. If thats the question you are talking about. Mine floats around 13 at idle but once I give it some gas it sits at 14.

[Domsz06]

no, it has to do with the wires, but thanks.

I know it will have more at higher rpm's, this isn't my first rodeo

http://www.tigeowners.com/forum/show...&postcount=424

[zad0030]

no, it has to do with the wires, but thanks.

I know it will have more at higher rpm's, this isn't my first rodeo

http://www.tigeowners.com/forum/show...&postcount=424

oh well in that case I have no clue... Maybe you can help me with my problem. http://www.tigeowners.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4622

[Domsz06]

hope it helps

[TigeDuner]

first pic is at idle, with no stereo, and the second one is at 1000 rpm's with the stereo blasting. Only had one sub hooked up but all the amps were on. So I think this alt may just work. We shall see sat when I take it out for a lake test.

when I turned the stereo up at idle, the alt jumped around a bit on the deep bass notes, but at 1000 on the same song it didn't budge.

Dom-What did your old alternator do when you applied the load? Just curious....

[Domsz06]

anyone out there with an answer to my question?

With my old alt tigeduner it would never see above 13, and that was just with my 3 amps in it. When at idle and playing the music it was well below 11, if I turned on the ballast pumps below 9. I had to idle around 2k rpm's to get it even close to 12 to just break even. If we were boarding it would get above 12 barely and if it was a big bass song forget it.

Granted all the above numbers were when playing really loud. but I had my interiors and subs blasting at 1k rpm it was right where it was, so I think I'm happy, just want to see what the other subs and nvs will do. also hope i'm not hurting anything by not hooking all those wires up.

[anhaney]

ha ha ha, and I don't have the NVS's on yet

here are some pics of the bracket, and the alt all plumbed into place.

QUESTION!!

The two wires going to the stock alt, one was hot all the time, the other was nothing. Anyone have any idea what it might be? also. On the new alt I just hooked up the hot all the time wire, and not the hot on ignition source, or the tach. Now I know I don't have to hook up the tach, but what about the hot on ignition? Will I hurt anything? as you can see in the pics it is charging.

Thanks.

sorry the pics are blurry, it was hard to get it close and focus so you could see

If I am thinking correctly what the ignition provides voltage to the voltage regulator inside the ALT. When voltage dips below 12V you altenator will go into what is called Full Field Charge Mode and charge at it full power. Very seldom should this happen. The goal is to charge at half its power on a regular baisis. When you turn on the IGN. you should see at least 12v constant at that lead. Saturday I should be able to help you with that. Give me a call so we can cordinate our time. I have a wire tracer to find out what the other wire is for and where it goes so we can figure out what to do with that wire.

[Domsz06]

i'll give you a call when I'm ready. I have to put the new HU in and the subs sat morning, so should be ready between 8 or 10 somewhere. Not sure how long it will take me.