Detroit Series 60 - New alternator question

I'm leaning towards the 28SI Pro series alternators found HERE at the bottom of the page.

They seem to be priced right, as long as they will mount up and the shaft size, and pulley spacing is correct.

Keep in mind that you'll need to use 2/0 cable from the alternator to the power distribution point if you will be using the max alternator output (say, powering a fully loaded 3000 Watt inverter with the engine running). You'll melt the stock cable's insulation and burn down the truck, otherwise.

 

Wow no kidding, thanks for the info thats the only way to go... $12 bucks jeepers , cheepest truck part I ever heard of...

 

Just checked out the unit you are looking at, looks pretty good. Quite a chunk of money but it says it has dual cooling fans in it, I do like the lightweight design, keeping it cool is the key alright . Maybe it would last double of these other styles and the money would come out right without changing out as often. Looks good, thanks for the lead.

 

Ya I see what you were asking on the mount , yes J-mount on mine, the newer Cummins motors are different, I keep forgetting it isn't 1997 anymore and all the new stuff is set up completely different. Learn more each day.

 

Have you done some biz with Truck Pro? If so are they pretty good to deal with as I am clear out in Montana?

 

Well, you could always opt for the 320 Amp Leece-Neville fire truck alternator just above it on the page for $1299.00

 

LOL, ya I suppose, I could always sell the extra juice to the power company, man that is quite the unit alright.....

 

Kind of unrelated, but Fleet Pride in Richmond, VA sold me the wrong purge valve, and I didn't discover this until I crawled under the truck and removed the old one in their parking lot. They didn't have the correct one in stock (didn't even have a listing for the correct one), so the manager drove me a mile down the street to the Truck Pro store to get the right valve.