To: Red Badger
The alternator doesnt produce excess power. The alternator requires more mechanical energy than the hydrogen process can produce. Apparently all of those voltage regulators in our vehicles are there for nothing?
14 posted on
07/31/2008 12:22:39 PM PDT by
Realism
(Some believe that the facts-of-life are open to debate.....)
To: Realism
He is correct in this statement,
It takes mechanical power to turn the alternator (kW) The alternator in turn makes electrical power, which also can be measured in kW. In general a standard automotive alternator has an efficiency of about 40%. They do consume more power than they can make. He clarifies his statement by saying that the alternator uses more power that the hydrogen process can produce.
54 posted on
07/31/2008 1:45:41 PM PDT by
bamaintx
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