Seems as though Premier went Toy!!

http://www.premierpowerwelder.com/specs/PP155.html

Perhaps this means no more modifying brackets, etc?? Perhaps?? Only time will tell, I suppose.

Max

$399.95!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thats to much money for me. Who needs an alternator anyways....o wait...my truck does <img border="0" alt="[Nerd]" title="" src="graemlins/nerd.gif" />

Don't get me wrong, this isn't for everyone. BUT, if you've ever thought of having an onboard welder...this is heaven. I know I've been looking into for quite some time, and just noticed that they started a line of Toy specific alternators. (you used to have to retrofit the GM or Ford alternators)

Definately pricey....I suppose each person would have to decide if it's worth it.

Max

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by Ishikawa:
<strong>Seems as though Premier went Toy!!

http://www.premierpowerwelder.com/specs/PP155.html

Perhaps this means no more modifying brackets, etc?? Perhaps?? Only time will tell, I suppose.

Max</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">That's quite a lot of money. What concerns me is looking at the case, it looks at though they just beefed up the stock alternator. (I could definately be wrong here, the wiring is definately modified on the outside). But if that is the case, you could take your stock alternator down to any good alternator rebuild shop and they could do the exact same thing, making between 90 and 150 amps, for less than $150. The problem with doing this on the stock alternator is the case is small and really is not meant to dissapate the heat of more than about 80 amps. Also, only the windings came be changed, the diodes cannot, so the diodes can be overloaded if used at full duty for too long.

The most cost effective alternative is to go with a GM Delco one wire alternator that is beefed up to make about 150 amps. That what I use for my second alternator. I know, I know, using GM parts on my reliable Toyota, what am I thinking?

But the GM alternator has lasted several years with no problems and it's cheap. It cost me about $140 rebuilt to put out 150 amps. It's also super easy to wire up. Only requires putting a giant wire from the alternator to the battery and then one wire to your your ignition switch or some source of power than only comes on with the ignition. Of course, the brackets would need some modifying.

Or you could run dual alternators like me. Now this is overkill. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> And I don't even have a welder. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="images/icons/frown.gif" />

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