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ajriding
Dec 23, 2021Explorer II
lol, is running the motor for power generation still considered idling, or is it now a generator and thus not at idle?
If it uses less gas and if it is a leased vehicle then why not? I would not do that to my own vehicle though.
Best way to use the vehicle alternator is to charge a bigger bank of batteries and run inverter off that as the inverter probably is not needed constantly, only in shorter burst such as fridge run-time, or a few mins of lights here n there... Then you can run the vehicle motor just enough to keep batts charged, not run it all the time.
Kinda dumb after you think about it a little though.
You can set your vehicle up to idle without a key, and shut off if someone tries to put it in gear without a key. This is not sci-fi stuff, very common nowdays
If it uses less gas and if it is a leased vehicle then why not? I would not do that to my own vehicle though.
Best way to use the vehicle alternator is to charge a bigger bank of batteries and run inverter off that as the inverter probably is not needed constantly, only in shorter burst such as fridge run-time, or a few mins of lights here n there... Then you can run the vehicle motor just enough to keep batts charged, not run it all the time.
Kinda dumb after you think about it a little though.
You can set your vehicle up to idle without a key, and shut off if someone tries to put it in gear without a key. This is not sci-fi stuff, very common nowdays
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