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Post Title: What dose the ALT(s) 10amp fuse control
Posted by: Vdog45 at 8:23 AM 6/19/2009

I have a 1991 infinty Q45 and i was having a drian problem after i changed my alternator, i pulled the ALT(s) fuse( located in the fuse box under the hood) and the drian went away, i need to know what it control

Also now water/acid is coming out the top of my battery does anybody know the cause of this.
pls help
Vdog45



Post Title: Re: What dose the ALT(s) 10amp fuse control (Vdog45)
Posted by: Q45tech at 10:05 AM 6/19/2009



Every alternator needs external voltage to run the internal electromagnet until the rpms exceed the threshold and to power the regulator circuitry. Modulating the small field current to stablize output voltage.

When an alternator draws more than 80 milliamperes with engine off, the alternator is defective and should be rebuilt or replaced. When running a 110 ampere alternator may draw ~~ 3 amperes in field current.

The Nissan alternator is just like every other alternator built and in use for the past 50 years................nothing exotic here except some improvements in efficiency.

Hope I'm being clear in that not understanding a Nissan alternator is NOT UNDERSTANDING ANY ALTERNATORS.

Important that one understands how a 3 ampere field current gets multiplied by the driving rpm [4 HP drag] to create 110 ampers of AC current which get rectified by 3 diodes to add up to 110 amperes of DC current.

http://www.alternatorparts.com...s.htm

I would recommend a few course in automotive electronic technology as all elctric cars are right around the corner as are really big electic motors and alternators driven from $10,000 battery packs.

A VOM, an oscilloscope, plus 400+ volt rubber gloves will become everyday tools of the trade!




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