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> Modern cars use so much more electrical power than older cars that they just > could not survive on even 50 Amps. Even now, cars will soon be moving to a 42V > system just to keep the current down. We'll probably be seeing 4kW alternators > in cars before long, and they'll take about 6 HP from the drive train just to > power all the accessories that we insist on. > Yes, they'll soon be changing to water-cooling to improve cabin heating at idle, and save the 4hp on the air-cooling fan, too. What's that, they already do? Well I'll be corn-swaggled. ;-) Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~