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Old 03-06-2014, 11:26 PM   #168 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by wyatt View Post
I can't tell if that's a joke or not, but it won't work. The alternator is belt driven, and has a power draw from the engine. Your concept would be wheel driven, and have the same (if not more) power draw from the engine. You could spend a lot of money putting peltier panels along the exhaust line, and possibly eliminate the alternator, but pulling along a wheel to do a job that the engine is doing now simply will not work.
No joke, this is what I am talking about. Don't know about the validity of it, but BZP has set himself up closest than anybody else to test it, if he wanted.
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