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Originally Posted by ConnClark
I got caught in a layoff of with about 1/4 of the company I worked for. I haven't had the means to pursue it further.
Playing with an under drive pulley would throw off some of the benefits of a lower field coil current. There might be some gains to be had though. Its not something thats going to be a straight forward adjustment.
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Aw, sorry to hear. What driver and FETs were you using? Mind sharing the schematic? I think a Denso square conductor alternator (~20% higher fill factor) and synchronous rectifier could return a reasonable 70% efficiency which is not too bad.
Yea I realize that, but it's not like reducing load at idle saves much fuel anyways, and even a small reduction in the speed of the alternator and water pump helps a lot for power savings under typical usage and high rpm since power is a cubic function of speed.