Thread: Alternator Mods
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Old 07-05-2008, 06:51 PM   #19 (permalink)
garys_1k
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The alternator "mod" I'd like to see would involve back-driving the unit with power to turn it into a motor. Charge up a super-capacitor when slowing down and use that power when accelerating -- sweet!

It'd be complicated, but not impossible. You'd have to have a variable frequency inverter drive the coils, not something I'd know how to do.
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