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From my understanding of the civic charging system and batteries/alternators is that, oh at one time I was really interested how the ELD system worked exactly I could be wrong, Is it more or less will turn off the alternator if the charge is below X (unkown to me) under 40mph and less than 10amp of electrical load.
I was thinking and someelse brought it up in a forum as to why the strategie wasn't used all the time, say at 60mph freeway speeds. I'd love to see the results of this system being utilized 100% of the time.
from being a mechanic I see how batteries act. if you do a deep charge, like say 20 or less amps for say 2 hours. when you come back to test you'll usually see something like 13. high 12 volts. surface charge. you could be using that to when cycling the alt. on and off.
another question or curiosity would be hooking up a voltmeter to see honda's strategy in action under 40 mph with no elec. loads on. or hooking up an amp clamp and seeing if with all loads off how much amps are being used. usually most cars I hook a VAT to are in the 15-20 amp range or more
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