How Many Amps Should My Alternator Put Out. To find out what Amp Alt your 97 has inside your glove box is a White Sticker. An alternator should put out a lot more.
In this case this alternator is capable of putting out 120A 6000 RPM. Click to see full answer. 125v is only 12 charged.
Its a rating how much power the alternator can put out.
The alternator on the bike was rated at 480 watts. Turn on loads and the current will go up to keep the 14V across the terminals to a point anyway. Your line of thinking is correct in that a good alternator should be charging in the 141-145vdc as long as theres no major load on it. I was looking in my factory service manual and it says my bike is rated at 22A14V 5000RPM.
