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Originally Posted by redpoint5
The lead acid battery is extremely inefficient at accepting a charge when it's nearly full; perhaps as low as 50% or less. The thing is though, wasting 50% of almost nothing is still almost nothing.
I don't even think 1% gain in fuel economy is possible by replacing the lead acid battery.
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Interesting. I thought people had seen good gains by doing this previously? Or do they ditch the alternator and just bank on their battery lasting long enough to get home?