24 Volt

[Jay Darst]

Lee,

My brother Dan has a 1986 FC35RB with the 3208 and a 320amp Leece
NeVille Alternator. The 160 and 320 use exactly the same mounting
hardware with no modifications at all- NONE.

You will need to change the cable that runs to the alternator as the
factory stuff is 1 gage, we replaced ours with 1/0 cable. This can
be a big PITA on the FC's, pretty easy on the PT.

The 320 amp unit is $1,500 new. Buy a take off(from ambulance or
fire truck) on E-Bay. I bought Dan's and mine on E-Bay for around
$500 each. Dan's was brand new in the wrapper, mine was an ambulance
take-off with about 100 miles on it.

Jay Darst
85PT40
Springfield, IL


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "indynotjones"
wrote:
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Jay Darst"
> wrote:
> >
> He was using the
> > 160 amp alternator, which was insufficient. He installed a 320
amp
> > alternator and has not had any trouble since
> >
> Good to know. I was thinking about a 160 A, 12v LN as plan B. I
am
> not sure there is room for a 320 A on the 3208.
>
>
> >
> > Do not waste your money on the chassis A/C system. It is far to
> > expensive and troublesome.
> >
> No problem there, my chassis A/c has been in the barn for a year.
> >
> >
> >
> > This is a post I placed a bit ago:
> >
> > "... My inverter is Xantrex 2500D, meaning dual in/dual out.
This
> > allows
> > for 2 legs of 30 amps instead of 1. So, there is a 30 amp
breaker on
> > on each of the 2 legs in the factory distribution panel that feed
> > power to each of the 2 (dual in) power legs of the inverter.
> >
> I saw your previous post. Real good info. Thanks for the write
up.
>
> Lee Benson, 85FC35, Carthage, IN
>