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2 alternators

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2 alternators

Post by adrenalized »

have room to drive another belt for 2nd alt gq 4.2 diesel 2nd one is for lights only anyone done this :D
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Post by MyGQ »

I was thinking of the same, except 1 charge main batt, the other recharge 2nd batt
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Post by ozy1 »

ive done it on a petrol, but not a diesel,

but when i did it, i removed the aircond pump and fitted the alternator in place of it,
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Post by macca81 »

im doing it so i can run 12V accessories without overloading my converter.





well when shes running again im doing it :D
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Post by nzdarin »

I have a 110amp 12v and a 70amp 24v alternator running off the same belt with no apparent issues but it hasn't been tested that much yet.
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Post by badger »

do you guys run a seperate ground for the second alt.?in theory this would cause some issues(especially with 1 24v n 1 12v alt. How do you go about it?
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Post by azzad »

running the samw ground/negative will be fine, just dont mix the positives of 12v and 24v
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