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Old 04-26-2013, 05:01 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by nimblemotors View Post
Alternators have very poor efficiency. You would be better off to replace
it with a better motor, a BLDC most likely.
As an alternator, yes they have poor efficiency due to the control circuitry bumping but as a motor with a decent controller, I have no idea.
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