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On 14 Dec 2003 at 9:32, Per Lindgren wrote: > Jim Adney wrote: > >You probably still don't. I still haven't seen anyone post any real > >measurements of what current they're actually using, and, to be fair, I've > >never made any such measurements myself. I have the tools to do that rather > >easily, so I really ought to do it sometime. > I certainly needed one when I had my 73 running. I had a stereo system > that drew 35 amps, in addition I needed power to run lights (lights on > during daytime is mandatory here in Norway). I had to charge my battery > once a week. I'm sure we've been down this road before, but did this stereo actually draw 35 Amps when you were inside the car listening to it? That's a LOT of power for an enclosed space, and I didn't notice any hearing loss when we spoke last summer in Parma. ;-) Were you running the stereo a lot while parked? > And if you look at it another way, why does my 87 Audi need a 65A > alternator? It certainly doesnt have much more electric equipment than a > type 3 has. The only power option on my car is heated seats. The most likely reason is that it is probably the smallest alternator Audi supplied that year. It probably does have 4 headlights, so that's about 9 A more, and it might have a more powerful wiper motor, which might draw maybe 4-5 A more. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org