| Subject: | Re: Iraggi alternators |
| From: | Mike S |
| Date: | Sat, 28 Jul 2007 18:58:26 -0400 |
At 05:30 PM 7/28/2007, Geza Polony wrote... >The question of how much energy they require to turn is paramount, of >course. 200 amps @ 13.4v ~= 2.7 KW. That's about 3.6 horsepower, but alternators certainly aren't 100% efficient. 50% is a reasonable assumption (there are alternators which do better than that), so call it a power rob of about 7 HP.
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