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some_other_dave · 01-31-2012, 02:19 PM

You're still turning the alternator, just against less resistance. The 10% gain, AFAIK, was from removing the alternator and its drive belt completely. Switching off the field windings in the alt was a much smaller gain I believe.

-soD

01-31-2012, 02:19 PM	#10 (permalink)
some_other_dave Master EcoModder Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Silly-Con Valley Posts: 1,479 Thanks: 201 Thanked 262 Times in 199 Posts	You're still turning the alternator, just against less resistance. The 10% gain, AFAIK, was from removing the alternator and its drive belt completely. Switching off the field windings in the alt was a much smaller gain I believe. -soD