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On 23 Mar 2005 at 13:39, Constantino Tobio wrote: > So... a generator will be harder to turn if more load is on it. How much > of an issue this is depends on the state of the generator/charging > system and the loads being placed on it. That's exactly right (direct consequence of Conservation of Energy) and it also means that if the generator is faulty (and unable to put out electrical power) then it won't be hard to turn. So we get back to the fact that the part providing the most mechanical load is still the one that's working. BTW, this all applies to generator and alternators equally. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~