No. You only pay for the connected load, i.e.,the electricity you are using. When the batteries reach a charged state and no other loads are drawing current, the torque requirements will be mostly diminished. Certainly there will be differences in peripheral loads, such as a larger cooling fan, or different bearings, but at no load, one alternator shouldn't take much more power than another. You will notice Jim said the alternators on test stands ONLY stalled the motors when full load was applied! Al Brase Ken Lewis wrote: >Interesting. So you keep paying for this upgrade for the rest of it's life, >as in reduced gas milage and performance. >Ken Lewis >http://neksiwel.20m.com/ >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dennis Haynes" <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET> >To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> >Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 6:30 PM >Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Alternator upgrade note > > >..... Add other inefficiencies in the > > >>drive and yes, you can loose 5 hp running one. >> >> > > > |
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