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Old 10-10-2008, 12:27 AM   #27 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Roman View Post
What i was wondering, you said that u just diconected the cable and not removed the alternator. Will this also give improvement?
Answer is "yes". Removing the alternator completely will give the greatest results, but the difference (of belt & bearing losses) is likely small. Probably not worth the hassle.

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When yes would it be possible to keep the alternator and just putt some more energy in to the circuit from outside (like with solar pannels)
Sure. But solar is expensive, and you'd be hard pressed to find enough surface area on a 1L car to generate the power needed, even @ peak daylight times.

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We could also remove some lights (like breaking light, daylight etc) and replace it whit a Led construction. Going from 15-30 watts to 1.
No harm in doing that. Again, the fuel savings will be very small.
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