RE: [DMCForum] To all the electrical gurus

["Travis Goodwin" <tgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I currently have a 120A alternator installed (the Cadillac conversion). I
might be able to use a 500A DC/AC convertor with a peak for 750A. The 500A
would increase the amount of time the fog element to heat. Not a big deal.
It would be warm my the time I arrived at the show. My plan it to hit the
fog when I am coming to a stop to provide a little effect and then switch
it
off as I drive. Otherwise I'd be Spy Hunter!

The fog machine I have just bought will not run all the time. I have a
wireless remote that I can use to turn the fog on and off as needed.

I'm going to keep investigating... thanks for the help.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walter Coe [mailto:Whalt@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 2:37 PM
> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [DMCForum] To all the electrical gurus
> 
> Travis,
> 
> > I will use a DC/AC power inverter for the power supply. It's gotta be
a
> > hefty one, 500-700W. Can anyone foresee a problem using this?
> 
> Doing a little math tells me that 600W is going to draw close to 50 amps
> from the alternator.  You are going to have a hard time getting this
kind
> of
> juice from a normal alternator at a reasonable duty cycle or any
> alternator
> at idle speed.
> 
> While I was at a local alternator rebuild shop to get my truck
alternator
> fixed, I brought two John Hervey alternators to see what they would do
on
> his test bench.  I don't mean to sound like a commercial, but the 150
amp
> version of what he sells may be your ticket.
> 
> I asked about other alternatives, and the shop owner told me that the
150
> I
> brought was about the best anyone could do with a conventional design at
> low
> RPMs.  There are beefier designs, but they don't put out well at low RPM
> (idle).  If you go this route, then you might need to come up with a way
> to
> make your car idle at 1200+ RPM.
> 
> He told me about another option which was using a "generator" as is used
> in
> large diesel trucks.  They put out gobs of current at low RPM, but they
> are
> big & cost a bundle.  It would barely fit in the stock alternator
location
> in the D (if at all) and it would cost around $800 - $900.  If I
> understood
> him correctly, they start out with something on par with household AC
and
> then turn it into DC to run the truck.  If this is correct, maybe you
> could
> use such a setup to run your BTTF accessories and skip using the
inverter.
> 
> I would love to find a way to make my car run continuously at idle
without
> eventually killing the battery.  No alternator can do this -- not even
> John
> Hervey's.
> 
> Walt


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