Re: [FWDLK] electrical question...

[Mike Apfelbeck <moparmike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hook up up a volt meter to the battery and note the reading, then start the
engine and turn everything on you will be using. If the voltage now reads
the same, or a little higher, you have enough charging capacity.

Mike

At 05:41 PM 4/19/02 -0400, David Charles Gedraitis wrote:
> I was debating installing an electric water pump in my '61 Newport. Aside
> from the stock equipment, I currently have an electric fuel pump, will
> soon have an aftermarket stereo (hidden, of course), and was just curious
> as to how does one figure out what a charging system can handle? Do I
> install everything and run it and see if it runs down the battery and
> dies? There has to be some way to figure this out, so if someone could
> point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it. If its too much
> for the current electrical system, what can I do about an alternator? I've
> seen planty of large-amp aftermarket ones, but they all connect with one
> wire, whereas I have 3, so I wouldn't know what to do with that either.
> Any thoughts?
>
> ~dave
>
> '61 Newport
> '67 Kaiser M-715
> '91 Toyota Pickup
>
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