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Re: [T3] Fixed aux air valve and generator, more pwr...


Subject: Re: [T3] Fixed aux air valve and generator, more pwr...


> On 5 Feb 2001, at 11:38, Martinez, Leon wrote:
>
> > Do you think that the generator can cause enough load to heat up
> > and load down the engine noticably?
>
> The generator rating comes out to ~450 Watts (except for early
> ones which were smaller diameter and 300 Watts.) This amounts
> to about 2/3 HP (or ~1/2 HP) out of 50-65 possible. This is only
> about 1%. While the HP available at idle is certainly less, the
> generator output power is also less at idle so I don't think there is
> much chance of the power drawn by the generator ever exceeding
> a couple % of that available. That doesn't seem like enough to be
> noticable.
>
More likely that the idle fluctuation was caused by an unstable voltage,
than HP drain.

Russ Wolfe
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org/


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