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On 23 Mar 2005 at 23:15, Russ Wolfe wrote: > My wifes new car has a 120 amp alternator. That is 1500 watts. At 14V it's actually more like 1700 watts. Personally, I have a hard time understanding where all that power goes. It sounds like they're planning on everyone in the car keeping the electric seats and electric windows going continuously during the whole trip. It would be interesting to monitor the actual output during normal usage on a car like that. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~