[alfa] come again (was bigger capacity Spider alternator)

[Tessie McMillan <tessmc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Apologies to the crowd, but this went by me a little fast. I am interested 
in the following discussion but am at a loss as to how to interpret some 
of the terminology. Can you clarify just a bit more (off-line is OK if not 
appropriate for the entire digest.) My questions:
	B+? which wire is that and what does the "B" mean?
	8-gauge: how did you determine what replacement wire to use?
	Where is the voltage regulator (the only thing I can think "VR" 
stands for) located, and what's the purpose of an adjustable one?
	
You are right; the voltage totally sucks when compared to an early Spider, 
but I didn't realize one could do anything about it and I'd like to!

This is of course painfully ironic since without a kill switch my spider 
eats through batteries like they were disposable...

Tess
p.s. It's on these occasions that I really miss Fred...


> replaced the B+ wire from the alternator to the power junction on the inner 
> fender with a new length of 8-gauge, and also ran the same from the 
> alternator to the B+ on the starter.  Then, from the power junction, 
> another length of 8-gauge to the fusebox.  The dash gauge mostly hovers 
> around 13 volts, but I always read 14+ at the battery, and all is well with 
	- snip - 
> Almost forgot to mention that before the new wires I also replaced the 
> alternator with a 75A rebuilt unit, and swapped out the stock VR with an 
> adjustable one from Vick AutoSport.  The new rebuilt was outputting about 
> 13.5V, which is a bit low, and I now have the adjustable VR set to 14.5V.
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