And where does that energy come from? Could it perhaps be from the mechanical energy being put into it from the engine?
If the alternator really were capable of putting out more energy than is being put into it, one could connect the alternator's output to an electric motor and have the electric moter drive the alternator. Voila, instant perpetual motion!
NO NO NO. I didn’t SAY perpetual MOTION, you did. I said EXCESS ENERGY! LOL
Come on people.
Excess energy is defined as energy that is being produced and not directly used right then.
This energy is almost ALWAYS in a car in particular dissipated in the form of heat energy. Don’t believe? Stick your hand on the alternator when the engine is running (keep your fingers out of the belts PLEASE). Or the engine.
That is ENERGY folks. It’s EXCESS and it’s NOT USED for ANYTHING?
I’m not talking about it producing MORE energy than is put into it.
An example... one cup of gasoline when mixed with the PROPER proportions of air (o2) has approximately the explosive power of five POUNDs of dynamite... That’s a LOT of energy.
Gas has one of the highest ratios of energy to mass ratios of pretty much anything used by a consumer on a daily basis. Alcohol, and other burnable materials don’t come close.
Hydrogen is VERY close to the same level (if I remember my chemistry, which I probably don’t).
All I’m saying here is that there is a LOT of energy produced in an efficient car engine that goes UNUSED - hence the phrase “excess”.
I’m NOT saying that there is ANY such thing as a machine that gives you more energy out than you put in. What I’m SAYING is that cars could be much more efficiently created and the energy from gas used better.
Sheesh