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teoman · 02-05-2018, 01:01 PM

If you have more supercap capacity (and assuming you are disabling the alternator, not deleting it) then you can up the output voltage a bit to get max regen.

An automotive electrician told me cars are good up to 16V.

02-05-2018, 01:01 PM	#15 (permalink)
teoman Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Istanbul Posts: 1,245 A3 - '12 Audi A3 Thanks: 65 Thanked 225 Times in 186 Posts	If you have more supercap capacity (and assuming you are disabling the alternator, not deleting it) then you can up the output voltage a bit to get max regen. An automotive electrician told me cars are good up to 16V.