Alternator delete

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Introduction
Alternator deletes have been shown to increase fuel economy as much as 10%. However, extra deep-cycle batteries (and/or another form of power) must be used as a replacement, and their cost may offset any economic savings of reduced fuel consumption.

That said, if your regular starting battery is in need of replacement anyway, it could be replaced with a good deep-cycle battery for not too much more money.

Instructions for mod

Remove your alternator belt.

Note: you will need some other method of charging your battery for your car to work properly. Such as solar panels and/or externally powered battery charger.

User experiences

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User data

User Name	Car Make, Model, Year	Cost of Mod	Time to Perform Mod	MPG Before Mod	MPG After Mod	MPG improvement	Instruction Link
MetroMPG	Pontiac, Firefly, 1998	$0		70.68	78.08	7.4 (10.4%)	Test: Alternator vs. no alternator = 10% MPG gain @ 70 km/h
TOOSTUBBORN2FAIL	Neon	$0		42.7	43.6	2.1%	Alternatorless Test in a Neon (still disappointing, but now w/slightly better results

Problems / Consequences of mod

- Damage to starting battery if discharged below 20%
- Deep cycle batteries can take 50% discharge
- Lithium batteries can take an 80% discharge
- Car may stall out while driving without energy to fire injectors, spark and run fuel pump
- Some ecomodders have found poor car performance when the alternator is disconnected due to the lower voltage of the battery when the alternator is running

References

Forum thread links

Test: Alternator vs. no alternator = 10% gain @ 70 km/h

Second/bigger battery to take a Load off the Alternator

a123 lithium batteries

External links

http://www.intechopen.com/books/new-advances-in-vehicular-technology-and-automotive-engineering/power-electronic-solutions-to-improve-the-performance-of-lundell-automotive-alternators

External links to battery suppliers

http://store.evtv.me/index.php
http://www.batteryspace.com/

Complementary, related or prerequisite mods

http://ecomodder.com/wiki/index.php/AC_delete
http://ecomodder.com/wiki/index.php/Bigger_battery (<<<must have prereq)
http://ecomodder.com/wiki/index.php/Electric_coolant_water_pump
http://ecomodder.com/wiki/index.php/Mechanical_to_electric_radiator_fan
http://ecomodder.com/wiki/index.php/L.E.D_conversion
http://ecomodder.com/wiki/index.php/Power_steering_delete
http://ecomodder.com/wiki/index.php/Power_steering_electrohydraulic_conversions