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Old 03-30-2013, 03:25 PM   #16 (permalink)
pete c
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
Not friction so much as load when it is working hard.

When not charging there will be some belt drive loss as noted; the alternator fan requires a bit of power too but not enough to mention.

There are some slight bearing losses, also not enough to really have an impact.

Instead of an alt delete I did a alt slowdown; that cuts down on all those micro-losses and I believe also puts the alternator in a more efficient operating rpm and load than stock for the way I drive.
Yup. What we have here is someone coming up with a complex expensive solution to a problem that is pretty much non-existent.

Sounds like the mech. engineer I work with. Dude pretty much looks at the world like a big rube goldberg competition.
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