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For a smaller vehicle or a half-dead battery, 200 amps might be sufficient. You should check your vehicle's manual and see what the 'cold start' amperage requirement is. Larger vehicles might require 300 or even 400 cold start amps.

If you are looking for a portable recharger, make sure it provides enough amps for your vehicles. Also, try not to expose the recharger to below-freezing or above 100-degree temperatures, keeping in mind that the inside of your vehicle may get much hotter in the summer time than the outside air temperature!

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Every alternator model puts out a different amperage, depending on how the car was equipped from factory. Vehicles with rear window defrost and heated seats have very high output alternators. Next time, if you want an exact answer, supply the year, make, model, and engine of your vehicles

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This depends entirely on the battery capacity of your vehicle. Typically, if you do not want to flat your battery, you should run as little as possible.

Most batteries contain between 100 to 500 amp-hours, but discharge a bit faster due to the electrochemical nature of lead-acid batteries in vehicles.

For example, drawing 1 amp off a battery usually flats it in under 8 hours.

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12, its not the Volts, its the power of the starter.

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How many amps does car alternator put out?

It depends on the alternator. Some only put out around 40 amps while others that supply power windows and heated seats may put out around 120 amps or greater. Some heavy equipment and buses put out around 300 amps. Best way to find out is look up the specs in your owners manual or call your dealer with the make and model of your car.


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How many amps is the standard alternator in a 2000 Honda accord 4-cylinder?

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Will an alternator from a 1992 Nissan Sentra work on a 1993 Nissan Sentra?

are they the same size? did the car the alternator come off have the same options or more than the one your going to put it on as the amps could be less and you have a/c on your car and head lights on same time could cause problems you don't want


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Yes it can as long as the battery is charged . The purpose of the alternator is to put the power used back into the battery


Can the alternator put out to many volts and drain the battery?

It can put out too many volts and destroy the battery but not drain it. The alternator should put out between 13.5 to 16 volts.