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From: Owen H. Morgan (no email)
Date: Sun Feb 10 2002 - 13:29:46 EST
Howdy!
wrote (> ):
> Sounds like a YSM-12 which is really a 10 HP
> continuous duty engine.
> You will be limited by the fact you have a single
> sheave drive and from
> memory, a 35 amp Hitachi alternator.
The Hitachi part is true, but I do in fact have a double sheave though the alternator is only using one sheave.
> Installing an alternator much above 60 amps at
> 2,000 alternator is a wet dream waiting to happen.
> A single sheave drive will be pushed to the limit
> to handle the above.
Since I have a double sheave, would 80 amps be OK? We have to remember the engine also has to move the boat... There are several generic alternators available around 80 A, but I haven't found any at 55 - 60 A in the stores here in Norway that will fit the Yanmar.
Owen
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@ Sjøhussenteret marina
68°43.13'N 15°24.74'E
Sortland in Vesterålen, Norway
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