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Originally Posted by LeakyIdeas
if you have for example a limited rpm range and low torque, by increasing the size of the flywheel you are storing more energy per rev, and when it's small you can get it up to speed, which in this case may be needed as i think it wouldn't have the torque to get a large flywheel started... kind of like having a gear box built into the flywheel.
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Yes, it might help in that aspect (matching flywheel speed closer to the desired range of the alternator). But you can't put less energy in and get more out. You can only get out less energy than you put in.