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Old 06-22-2010, 02:45 PM   #18 (permalink)
Dr. Jerryrigger
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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls View Post
So was I. Two kW of torque in for each kW of electricity out. The combined efficiency would be 15%, for an 85% loss from gasoline to electricity.
Stop picking at the details, the original statement was not necessarily 100% accurate, but was written to illustrate the same point that you are trying to make: HHO has a low energy return to consumption ratio, for this discussion it doesn't matter if it's 0.1:1 or .07:1.

Not all alternators are equal, some are 85% efficient, and I stated the ICE as 80% loss, and you at 70% so things balance out a little there.
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