Nerd Department Major Alternator Design Improvement
https://www.sae.org/publications/technical-papers/content/2017-01-1228/ Not quite the Holy Grail But close...
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Wild Bill 888 wrote:
It is a good idea, but the wording is too vague for me. If the starting point was 70% efficiency, a 10% increase is no big deal.
10% IS a big deal when there basically have been no improvement in alternator efficiency in many, MANY years.
You would be surprised how much the auto companies are willing to spend to get 1/2 MPG !
