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It's not a bad idea to increase the size of the alternator charging wire, sure. But if that shorts out, it will still likely burn. Most other wires; lighting, blower fan, wipers etc. draw from the battery and are already exposed to high amperage. That's what the fuse box is there for, in case...

Calm down Bob, nowhere in his post was a contest mentioned, challenged or hinted at. He asked a question, you hit 'reply' and chose to prevaricate.

When I mentioned that "However, the strain on the alternator with a discharged battery is less if it is rated at a higher output." it simply means that if a heavily discharged battery is drawing a lot of amperage, it will be harder on a smaller alternator that may be maxed out to provide that...

Well, alternators aren't meant to charge drained batteries, that's what battery chargers are for. I worked in a parts store and know that some alternator warranties are voided if you use them to charge a drained battery. They're intended to maintain a charged battery. However, the strain on...

You won't 'cook' your wires with a higher amp alternator, it will still only put out what is required. Just like if you had a 60 amp home service breaker box in your house and upgraded it to a 200 amp box, your wires wouldn't get any warmer.

Depends on the jurisdiction. You don't turn the lights on because you're "about to park", you put them on after you're parked to make the car more visible. Obviously not for long term parking in your own yard or a shopping garage, but in certain instances on busy streets. For example, in the...

It's fairly easy if you have a two bulb tail light, like a 1970 road runner. Just put one LED in and leave the other incandescent bulb, shoot the video. The .2 second difference in illumination time should show up visibly.

Insurance companies don't like offering anything that nets them fewer dollars.

It looks more like Wile E. Coyote. Whiley is his cousin in Great Britain.

Hi, and welcome. When you say do you mean that the starter won't turn, or it will turn over but there's no spark?

Just like my Sansui 9090 back in 1976. :)

Since it isn't your car, perhaps you'd be leery of digging too deeply into the unknown problem. You might want to pass on some suggestions to your friend to take care of on its return, such as: (SOLVED) Amplifier Pops When Turned On - BoomSpeaker

RPM isn't necessarily part of it; torque, or twist around an axis, can be applied with no motion at all. Such as when using a torque wrench at 0 rpm. or an electrical motor supplying force against a locked shaft.

I had their Model 18 receiver, it had the built-in 'scope too. I think it was the first receiver for Marantz.

I wonder if you'd only heard 20 seconds of just one Eagles song and didn't like it, if you'd still be listening to them? I'm not a big AC/DC fan either, but can listen to some of their tunes. It isn't ALL static. :) Good call on passing on the Lou Reed album, it's a waste of plastic.

If you had never heard of them before, how would you deduce that their music is noise and crap? If you'd really like to listen to static, I have Lou Reed's 'Metal Machine Music' on vinyl that you can borrow.

Not to mention, clipping isn't always audible. If you can hear it, then it's there without argument. But an underpowered amp pushed to extremes can start clipping without sounding like it; often the distortion is at a higher frequency than you can hear, and may be beyond what the speaker can...

I was just about to put that same link up!

The reason a lot of white leds don't shine correctly through a red lens is because they aren't a full colour spectrum like an incandescent bulb. They don't have any red in them; the white light is made by using a blue diode with yellow phosphor.