Hello,
I was wondering if there is a easy way to determine whether the amp draw of my tractor was overloading my alternator. I have a case 1490, (according to the manual it came with a 65A alternator) and i recently bought a bunch of new LED lights for it without really thinking it through. Two large bar lights, one for the front and one for the back, and 4 small spots to replace the existing lights. Adding up the amp draw of the lights i am not over the output of the alternator (51A at 12v), but i don't know how much amps are being drawn by the rest of the tractor, nor if the alternator is rated to put out 65A constantly. I have already gone ahead and installed them, (running new 8 gauge wire to feed the two bar lights which draw the large majority of amps and with separate switches for each, so that i don't need to have more on than i actually need for the particular operation. But i'm nervous about running them all at the same time because i'm worried about burning something out.
Thus my question, is there an easy way to measure whether i'm overloading the alternator?
I was wondering if there is a easy way to determine whether the amp draw of my tractor was overloading my alternator. I have a case 1490, (according to the manual it came with a 65A alternator) and i recently bought a bunch of new LED lights for it without really thinking it through. Two large bar lights, one for the front and one for the back, and 4 small spots to replace the existing lights. Adding up the amp draw of the lights i am not over the output of the alternator (51A at 12v), but i don't know how much amps are being drawn by the rest of the tractor, nor if the alternator is rated to put out 65A constantly. I have already gone ahead and installed them, (running new 8 gauge wire to feed the two bar lights which draw the large majority of amps and with separate switches for each, so that i don't need to have more on than i actually need for the particular operation. But i'm nervous about running them all at the same time because i'm worried about burning something out.
Thus my question, is there an easy way to measure whether i'm overloading the alternator?