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Of Generators and Alternators Re:


  I also would like to know at what rpm does the 
> generator begin to produce current.  I believe at an idle the stock 
> generator isn't rotating fast enough to charge the system -- is this true?

On my car, if I had the lights on and was idling, they were noticably
dimmer than if I was a few hundered RPM higher. But I don't think I had a
battery drain at idle, it just produced a volt or two less than at speed.

Graham


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