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Old 02-20-2011, 11:51 PM   #1 (permalink)
gabi
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put the alternator to good work?

this is somehow related to the thread battery booster,

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...ter-16142.html

is just a little bit reversed

basicaly i'm thinking of recharging the battery booster while breaking or driving down hill, only, making the alternator work harder,

any car alternator has technicaly double the power that the car needs,on a regular basis
my car needs around 60 amps on regular driving but the alternator is rated 135 amps.

so in theory i can safely add around 50 amps of extra load to the alternator,but lets just say i only do 20.Still good enough.

i guess the question is if the alternator will come on the second i put the extra load on? and will it go off or reduce power the instant i take the load off.
if it realy works that way would be a good way to save on the brakes too
also would be interesting to see how much the car will slow down

what do you guys think?
thanks

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