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Naio
Explorer II
Mar 30, 2015

How much gas does your genny use? And a charging question

After generous advice and hand-holding from folks here, I experimented with running my van engine to charge house batteries when dry camping, as I do not yet have a genny or solar. I used an MSW inve...
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John___Angela
Explorer
Apr 03, 2015
NinerBikes wrote:
Strange that my 2013 Touareg TDI diesel with a 3.0 liter motor and one battery has an alternator rated for 220 amps, maximum.


Those touaregs are amazing. A fellow hooked onto a 3800 pound trailer for a test pull yesterday, set the cruise at 90 KMH and went up what was probably a 6 grade hill and it just ignored the hill. Something like 400 pounds torque and 340 HP. Heck of a machine. Hitch weight was around 400, hardly dropped. Didn't even need an equalizer hitch.

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