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Old 12-25-2010, 12:16 PM   #219 (permalink)
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Wow, great thread. Are we missing some electrical concepts here: You don't need the steam engine to produce enough power to completely power up an alternator. Why couldn't we just hook up the alternator in series prior to the original alternator. In so doing, it would send electricity to the second alternator, thus reducing the load. Heck, at any moment if the steam engine alternator produces more current than the draw of the car, wouldn't the original alternator work like motor itself and improve FE even more? ~ Or would this just burn up the original altnernator?
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