[Healeys] electrc fan vs. belt drive

Bob Johnson bjsbj8 at gmail.com
Thu Feb 5 11:53:09 MST 2009


>  OK. Thanks for the explanation. This is the part that I was surprised to
> learn:
>
 If you were turning the alternator by hand, you would feel more and more
resistance--more effort required, i.e. more HP--to turn the alternator, at
the same speed, as the load increases.  Since the power output of an engine
is more-or-less fixed, there will be less HP at the driven wheels when you
have more electrical accessories running.

Bob Johnson
BJ8


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