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Originally Posted by Patrick
Well I don't think anyone was talking about running the steam back into the primary engine. The idea was to use a separate steam-powered engine of some type to turn an alternator to keep the battery charged and eliminate the alternator load on the primary engine.
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Originally the idea was to capture waste heat energy and do SOMETHING constructive with it.
Were I to be gung-ho about eliminating alternator load, I'd look at eliminating as much electrical componentry as possible, like an old "T" or Jeep- practically no nothing except exterior lighting. Then that lighting could be run from it's own battery that gets charged at home. For a carb'd gas engined "electricless" car a magneto could provide the spark; a diesel would need nothing except for starter juice; the gasser could even be started by crank.