Lol. I read the fist 5 post and have to let you guys know theirs a high tech piece of equipment on the water from the city to your house called a reducer. It literaly reduces the water pressure to about 40 psi.
WOW, old ass necro thread ...
That "high tech" piece of equipment is called a regulator, not a reducer. In plumbing a reducer will actually increase water pressure .... And not every house has a regulator, it's only used when/where needed, as most city water comes into your house around 45-65 psi. I have seen it as high as 85 psi, but that is rare.
And an HO alt will not burn your car up, if installed correctly, to whomever thought it would.
Nothing wrong with going straight from alt to battery pos.
Factory alt wire is fed to the fuse box for voltage regulation prior to bat. Doing this alone is a big upgrade if you are feeding to the back off your battery pos.
If you fuse it and not to many do. Not really needed. Make sure to use a fuse appropriate for the alt output as well as the wire.
At the min. Install a second same size wire ground to the block.
You'll be happy with the results
I've heard the analogies too....
"A HOalt is like a firehose where as your stock alt is a sink facuet. If your faucet had the pressure of a fire hose it would punch a hole in your sink."
Another falsehood, first off the pressure in a firehose and your sink are equal or very close - there is a reason you use schedule 40 PVC or better in your house. The difference is the VOLUME of water being propelled.
Give the goat a break today... This thread is from 2004....