Alternator Removal

[wetandwindy2]

i have to change the alternator on the 2.8 galaxy which i hear is a bit of a mission ie headlight etc out ,from what i have read there is a 120 namp and 150 amp .I'm assuming with all the toys that the ghia spec has that mine might be a 150 amp .If i got one with just 120 amp would that be to weak

many thanks in advance

iain

[acecard]

i have to change the alternator on the 2.8 galaxy which i hear is a bit of a mission ie headlight etc out ,from what i have read there is a 120 namp and 150 amp .I'm assuming with all the toys that the ghia spec has that mine might be a 150 amp .If i got one with just 120 amp would that be to weak

many thanks in advance

iain

You could get away with 120 amp variant - the 150 amp is normally fitted with heated seats - you could just not use them I suppose- but there again you would have potential problems if you forgot. There is also the issue of selling the car with knowingly underspec parts fitted.

Always best to play safe with the electrics and fit the 150 amp and avoid overheating issues.

[wetandwindy2]

You could get away with 120 amp variant - the 150 amp is normally fitted with heated seats - you could just not use them I suppose- but there again you would have potential problems if you forgot. There is also the issue of selling the car with knowingly underspec parts fitted.

Always best to play safe with the electrics and fit the 150 amp and avoid overheating issues.

aye your probably right,i got the heated seats aswell best to play safe i suppose thanks for that

[Shabazmo]

I have heated seats on my mk1 and its a 120 A. You must have something else that draws more power, unless your battery is bigger.

[wetandwindy2]

I have heated seats on my mk1 and its a 120 A. You must have something else that draws more power, unless your battery is bigger.

 i got quite a few toys air con etc heated everything maybe thats why never had a mk2 galaxy before let alone one with the ghia options so this is all new to me my mk1 galaxy 2.0 has no mod cons whatsoever ,maybe thats better less to go wrong lol

[seatkid]

I can still remember when the standard dynamo was 17 amps and the "heavy duty" fitted to large cars was 22 amps - both gave no output at idle speeds (and batteries were lucky to last 2 years...)