Thread: Alternator delete - a huge fuel saving potential?
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Old 02-05-2018, 09:09 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr View Post
I wouldn't feel so comfortable in a vehicle without any sort of genertor, be it an alternator or a motorcycle-type stator (that could also eventually replace both the alternator and the distributor). Nowadays it might be worth to consider a BAS-Hybrid retrofit.
I still have it. It is on a switch. If voltage runs low on a trip, I start running the alt a the most efficient moments, such as DFCO. I got at least six years out of my 40AHR deep cycle Odyssey battery.
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