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Old 11-09-2020, 02:57 AM   #19 (permalink)
serialk11r
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Originally Posted by Ecky View Post
-Electrical loads were typically under 20 amps. Reducing electrical loads probably *realistically* goes farther than increasing efficiency of it's production.
This is a good point, which is why I never got the motivation to go tinker with the alternator. Once I had switched out all the lighting to LEDs on the car, it just didn't feel like a good use of time chasing down a few watts.

There's also the fact that the usual 1.5-2 ton car really doesn't recuperate very much energy from just an alternator pushing a few hp into the battery. On a Lotus Elise or Honda Insight, a few hp counts for more.

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