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When you say its an analog controlled device, what do you mean specifically? The Voltage regulators are microprocessor controlled. Do you mean that the microprocessor is relying on an analog current sensor?

Interesting, Niehoff seems to have a patent to do what you are saying their alternator cant do...... https://patents.justia.com/patent/7466107 FIELD OF INVENTION This invention is related to a control device for a generator, including a system and method, wherein the control device uses a...

Amber simply means it is below the setpoint, the alternator doesn't "disconnect" in low voltage, only over voltage. Sounds like your system is behaving normally. As has been discussed at length on this post and many others, the 100A alternator is undersized for the job, For some reason a...

My stock 2003A1 with original alternator goes dual orange when grid heater is on HOWEVER it does not disconnect the battery. First thing I would do is check the voltage at the 28V terminal on the alternator while the grid heater is on and engine running. What is the voltage? On my truck it was...

100% agree, but fixing that by deleting batteries is problematic as @aw113sgte unfortunately found out in the dead of winter. For folks that don't want to deal with the suspension upgrade hassle necessary to upgrade a 100A truck to a bigger alternator, really should pursue your advice further...

I didn't see anything that said it was due to high failure rates. I could just as easily speculate that its because any truck in the inventory today needs more current for all the additional radios and computers that go into a truck these days..... I've seen plenty of things saying the 100A is...

I have no doubt your correct, by why does neihoffs documentation specifically say it is self limited? That’s the part I don’t understand, do they not understand the product they produce?

So as you passed beyond 120a and the voltage started to drop, isn’t that showing that the alternator is limiting its current, thus protecting itself? Said another way, if you had had the load bank at the batteries, and an inductive clamp at the alternator, even if you put 500a at the batteries...

people claim that for sure… I called neihoff about my 100a alternator that I suspected had a bad regulator (mainly due to comments I’ve read on this forum) and they steadfastly refused to consider that my regulator was bad, the technician repeatedly tried to steer me back towards some problem...

I hear this a lot, but I myself haven’t come across a post where a failed alternator was definitively diagnosed. People like to claim it, but have they really broken the whole system down, removed all variables and tied it specifically to a failed alternator? Would love to see a forum post like...

Have you tested and observed this yourself with a load bank on a niehoff? I am working on upgrading the motor on my test stand right now to test this.

The first thing I would do is disconnect the harness from alternator to the voltage regulator and thoroughly clean all the connecters on both sides. I just had a situation on the bench with a 100A alternator that was unstable holding voltage with pulsing spikes and I swapped to a new VR which...

My understanding is that the LBCD will disconnect if RPM is above 1500 RPM and the system voltage is below 20.5V Load is not taken into consideration at all, so something as simple as corroded connectors could cause it to trip potentially. RPM comes from the AC pin which is read as Hz X 10 =...

In my experience people's concern with EMPs is inversely proportional to their understanding of EMPs

I rebuilt my 7 ( truck/trailer/spare) and didn’t break a single screw? I only used hand tools though… but I am curious if the seat could be made available because all of mine were quite pitted and I could only clean them by hand with steel wool. It was the worst part of the job. Would love to...

I bought my M1082 trailer on 6/1/2022 and received the SF-97 right around 5/5/2023 at the 6 month mark I called and they said it must be lost so they resubmitted and it took another 5 months to show… The SF-97 is like buying a silencer for a rifle, you pay all the big bucks and then you wait 8...

ABS blinking light during different CTIS modes isn’t something mine does. Never heard of that before. I wonder if the ABS is reporting any codes at that time.

Maybe you could tighten up the throttle return spring to add some resistance?

I asked my buddy who happens to be the principal engineer for Williams Controls (now Curtiss-Wright) if this can even be changed in the pedal or would it have to be done at the ECM: “It would be in the ecm. In the pedal you'd have to make a nonlinear transfer function. The sensor is locked...

Dumb question but couldn’t you just substitute the split collars for a beefy spring that keeps the delta lock pushed onto the hub nut? Wouldn’t that completely eliminate the split collar and the risk associated with it coming loose?