Allstar Performance ALL80500 63 Amp 1-Wire Alternator

Friday, March 30, 2012

Product Details

Product Dimensions: 8 x 7.4 x 7.4 inches ; 11 pounds

Shipping Weight: 11.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.

ASIN: B003BZZB64

Item model number: ALL80500

By : Allstar
Price : $74.99

Product Description

Completely remanufactured GM Ring and Pinion Gear Set Delco Single Wire Alternators are easily hooked-up. Housings are natural finish aluminum. Choose from 63 or 80 ampere capacities.

Product Features

Refurbished

Isoetec

80500

EZ-1

Allstar Performance ALL80500 63 Amp 1-Wire Alternator

Customer Reviews

Here's the pros and cons wrt usin this alternator for a pedal power generator. CONs first. (1) If you pedal with nothing hooked up to it, you wil ruin this alternator. The internal regulator will blow. (2)Only people who are over 5 ft. in height will be able to get it going fast enough to start the voltage and current flowing. Not a good design for children. (3) If you try and charge a battery with it, you it will be way to hard to pedal unless you put a .5 to 1 ohm resistor in series. (4) you have to use a bike that has at gears, or you may not be able to get it spinning fast enough to start it.
PROS: Regulated DC voltage output at 14.8V. Rugged design being that it's designed to run under the hood of a car.
I hooked this car alternator up as a bike generator. The only major limitations is that you have to use this alternator with a bike that has at least 10 gears and some one who is at least 12 years old. The reason for having to use a bike with gears is because in order for this car alternator / bike generator to start generating electricity, you have to spin the rear wheel of your bike up to about 300 RPMs (Revolutions Per Minute) which is about 23 MPH (Miles per hour. After you read that point, the generator will start doing its thing and you can pedal at about half that speed comfortably.

I have well used Ford 640 that was in need of TLC.
I had to replace most of the eldctrical and decided that
it would be a good time for the conversion to 12 volts.
There were no surprises in the change over.
I had to make mounting bracket modifications.
The Allstar Alt is performing great.