Add that to the A/C compressor and a few thousand feet of altitude and
you'll want a conversion pronto!

On 7/28/07, Mike S <mikes@flatsurface.com> wrote:
>
> 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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Jake
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