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"Brake". I'm anal about that sort of thing.
I'm kind of scared of batteries as it seems far too easy for a simple caveman like me to mess them up via over- or under-charging, or charging at too fast a rate. It would be nice to engage the alternator only or mainly when braking but a battery can only take so much at a time.. I see the appeal of "smart" loading strategies and in fact there are plenty of them on new vehicles so if you are succeeding with this great!
For the serious modder a strategy that depends on recharging with wall power has the most fuel efficiency potential. Requires more baby sitting though.
I went with reducing the rpms of all the driven accessories, most of all the alternator. I never did come up with a figure for how much it improved fuel efficiency, if any.
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