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Old 04-17-2009, 12:56 AM   #11 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by Daox View Post
For the rest I'll need to run some calculations. 230W is .3 hp. So, you're talking .6 hp to power a Metro which is probably about as low of a electricity hog of a vehicle as you can get. Any newer vehicle is sure to need more electric power.
So where did the 230 Watts come in? Is that your alternator max output? But it's not putting out that much power all the time, only what the car is actually drawing.

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