Re: [T3] Alternator Output

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 8 Mar 2002, at 15:53, Blink_32 wrote:

> Anything (car wise) should be able to recharge a fairly dead batter with a
> 10 minute drive to the point that you can start it again later.  Unless your
> battery is going bad.

Our generators put out 30A. Let's suppose your battery is good for 45 A-hr, 
which is a pretty realistic number. If you drive for 10 minutes, putting out 30 
A, 20 of which is available for recharging, then that is 1/6 x 20 =3.3A-hr, or 
13.5% of your battery's total. The fact that the charging is not 100% efficient 
probably brings it down to 10%. It really isn't all that much.

Of course it could still be a bad battery.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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