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08-27-2004, 11:27 AM
| | |  home built welder
It is time to put in / convert my alt. to a home built welder. Any suggestions on what type alternator has been use with good success? I would like to have only one alternator and be able to switch from normal to wled mode. Any help would be great. I did a search in the past year and found a few post but they were for an additional (second) alternator. I currently have a 82 CJ with a 92 4.0 and the york sits above the current alternator.
Current alternator is a "Denso". the numbering on it is:
5600 5685
TN12100-3450 12V
Family 90 HS
any idea on its amp rating???
Thanks for any help!
Goose
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08-27-2004, 06:29 PM
| | Aprentice | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: glendale az
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08-27-2004, 09:15 PM
| | | Re: home built welder
Thanks for the post. I looked it up and it was very informative! Any other info would be great!
Goose
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08-27-2004, 10:41 PM
| | Carpal \'Tunnel | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Manitoba, Canada
Posts: 2,687
| | Re: home built welder
Look here as well for some good info on how alternators work and ideas to utilize them for welding and as a/c power sources. Alternator Secrets |
08-28-2004, 10:19 AM
| | Enthusiast | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Greenville Sc
Posts: 272
| | Re: home built welder
Higher the amperage the better, I built one out of a 70 amp alt. and it wouldn't hardly strike an ark.
built another out of a 100 and it would burn a 1/16.
go big
clint
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08-28-2004, 03:01 PM
|  | Can't Get Enough | | Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Alliance, Ne
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| | Re: home built welder
See if one of these might help. obw links |
08-31-2004, 07:36 PM
|  | Pooh-Bah | | Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: eureka ca
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