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Originally Posted by oldtamiyaphile
When I turn the headlights (in round figures let's call that 100W, it has LED's where possible) on in my Jeep at idle, my LPH jumps up by 0.3. Since my average speed is 50km/h that's 0.6l per 100km. That's nearly 1MPG.
In a city driven car like my T5 with an AVG speed of 27km/h, that would be ~1.6MPG per 100W.
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That's why I said "not alternator watts".
100 alternator watts could be as much as 200 to 300 or more accessory watts since the alternator is so inefficient.
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Last edited by oil pan 4; 08-09-2014 at 11:08 AM..
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