The alternator is a great little device.
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And yes a solar panel will reduce that loss somewhat.
Basically creates electricity without sapping too much energy from your already burning gas motor.
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I don t think there would be any sort of benefit to ditching the alternator in favor of solar cells.
Yes the alternator uses energy which ultimately comes from the gasoline.
There maybe some slight fuel saving in theory since the engine will not have to power the alternator but the main thing is that its always topping it up during operation and in theory a solar panel could keep the battery up during long periods of sitting useless but the main problem would be the panels sat on the car would make the car less aerodynamic and thus use up more fuel and i wonder if a lot of modern cars would flag up the missing alternator on their ecu.
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Ditching the engine in favor of solar cells.
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That might be the ticket but not just yet i don t think.
This kit is ideal for van conversions and skoolies with older alternators or lithium batteries with input current limits under 100a.
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Enable dc dc charging from your alternator to a secondary lithium agm or flooded battery bank.
Just wondering if the alternator is somewhat reducing gas mileage or if it does reducing the full capacity of the engine coz the alternator is using mechanical energy from the engine to convert it to electrical energy the alternator uses the rotating energy from the engine.
So if i didn t want any solar panels on the roof would i be able to consume about 50 amp hours per day from 300 amps of lithium batteries by just charging off a dedicated and separate alternator in a ford transit if i drive an average of 2 hours per day.
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If so would i gladly spring for the extra 150 or 250 amp alternator.
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But keep the alternator you will need it.