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09-22-2023, 09:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 27,712 Thanks: 7,780 Thanked 8,586 Times in 7,070 Posts	Turning an old car into a powerful generator Turning an old car into a powerful generator Clickbait -- an old car plus a generator. Why not gang two or three alternators together? Anybody done this? __________________ . .Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster ____________________ . ."We're deeply sorry." -- Pfizer

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Turning an old car into a powerful generator

Clickbait -- an old car plus a generator. Why not gang two or three alternators together?

Anybody done this?

I worked on jump start carts that used a Honda v twin and turned 4 alternators.

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