Stupid questions about motorised conveyances

[Hooli]

Still should be road legal though?

[DodgeRover]

Still should be road legal though?

Oh my windscreen cracked officer whilst I was abroad with the circus and I'm returning home to the UK to get it changed on the insurance...

Best tip is only to move after dark or in convoy.

[Warren t claim]

That Warren T 'Stalin' Claim has been at it again...Never had that on AS. Power mad cunt.

FFS! What have I done now?

[Eddie Honda]

That Warren T 'Stalin' Claim has been at it again...Never had that on AS. Power mad cunt.

FFS! What have I done now?

It could of been the workshy glass-back macaque shagger. It was way past Mario's bedtime and Fried Onions does fuck all, but you've got form.

[Hooli]

What's he done Rainman?

[Warren t claim]

What's he done Rainman?

I think Eddie needs his own unique rank on here.

[Eddie Honda]

Stupid question beavers.

[paulplom]

It was way past Mario's bedtime.

Not bedtime per se. It gets to 6 or 7pm and I mute my phone and stick it down the side on the sofa so I don't have to deal with the general public anymore.

[8BAK465]

So I would like to put an alternator on the Cortina which originally came with a Dynamo I have read all the stuff about linking the regulator wires to bypass them etc but it seems after that its just fit and go?

The one thing I cant help but wonder though is will it fry the original wiring?

The output from the Dynamo seems to go along the passengers wing into the separate regulator then leaves the engine bay through the bulkhead connector on that side goes though the cabin and exits on the drivers side and goes to the battery and of course all the circuits feed off this main artery.

Now call me thick but the Dynamo is 25 amp output and the alternator twice that so as it doesn't charge the battery direct but passes through the car is that main cable up to the job of 50amps the alternator can supply?

Everybody just seems to bypass the regulator and fit the alternator but keeps the existing loom and I have my concerns as the wire carried much less dynamo current when the car had a Dynamo.

Thoughts

[Asimo]

If you connect the alternator output directly to the battery side of the starter solenoid with cable of 10 square mm+ cross section area then the original wiring is not going to see any higher loads because of the alternator upgrade. The other changes to delete the dynamo & regulator will still all need to be done.