Dual alternator as a generator
On the EarthRoamer site they say; "We order Ford F-550 turbocharged diesel Power Stroke trucks with the dual alternator option which provides a quiet, fuel efficient, factory installed 3.7 kWh genera...
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steve68steve wrote:
You'd have to put quite a few hours on it until you started realizing a savings over idling diesel (provided your diesel was already set-up to charge).
Big diesel engines (trains, ships, back up power generators, etc.) run/ idle continuously - or at least used to, unless they're brought down for service. Idling is child's play for a diesel.
Yeah, but one repair bill for a coked-up turbo will buy multiple Hondas.
Diesel pickup trucks are not locomotives or ships. They have very fussy emissions equipment on them nowadays. Anything made in the last 8 model years (2007-2014) came from the factory with the new emissions equipment.
