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To ryoken, 6 alternator suburban...

that's crazy... gotta be running like 50,000 watts of amps or something... :eek1: :haha:
 
And you guys were complaining about my light bar :haha:

I mean, at some point you consider either a generator, or at least a rigged aux power unit, a little two- or four-cylinder engine running at whatever optimal RPM ... which, umm, is basically a generator :surepal:

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WTF?!?!?


no a/c? :dunno:
 
I'm thinkin atleast a few of them where doin it for high end sound competition. My 1800 watts even with a capacitor can drain my battery with the 140 amp alt turning full tilt if its loud enough
 
Back when I was helping build electric winches, I would have people come in and tell me their winch had quit pulling.
When asked, they would say that they had pulled out 4 trucks, or pulled themselves a mile or so down the road.

They would always finish up by saying that they switched off the truck and it would not crank back up.
They would want to know why the winch quit, and why it killed their battery when it did.......


I would patiently explain to them that their alternator puts out about 65-90 amps, but the winch draws from 150-350, depending on the load, maybe more.

Then, I would say that since the deficit was being supplied by the battery, they could not winch forever because eventually the battery would run down.

Then, I would carefully explain that no alternator made, no matter what, would ever be able to run a winch under full load........

I now stand corrected........
 
I just had an idea to make a "cheap" diesel-electric. Start with a small diesel and cover it with alternators - maybe 15. I have no idea what the longest stock serpentine belt available is. Use ground isolators for them so they all go in series. When running you get over 200V to charge a bank of 15 car batteries in series. Then you build electric drive without using a high voltage inverter. Run the electric motor straight to the driveshaft (or TC) low differential gears. To get fancy, build the speed control to run in 4 quadrants for regen braking.
 
Blue85 said:
I just had an idea to make a "cheap" diesel-electric. Start with a small diesel and cover it with alternators - maybe 15. I have no idea what the longest stock serpentine belt available is. Use ground isolators for them so they all go in series. When running you get over 200V to charge a bank of 15 car batteries in series. Then you build electric drive without using a high voltage inverter. Run the electric motor straight to the driveshaft (or TC) low differential gears. To get fancy, build the speed control to run in 4 quadrants for regen braking.
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You are putting way to much effort just into the thought process.......

But if you can pull it off more POWER to ya.:D
 
I think I would keep my horsepower, and cope with a mid range budget amplified stereo system ;)

...oh wait, I already do.
 
454Sub said:
Well that would power the new HID offroad lights no problem
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HID are crap, compared to LEDs. Even the biggest LEDs dont draw squat for amperage. And our D11 dozers in the mine are covered in them. so they are like the night sun while working on nightshift. There is litterally a sphere of daytime around them. Its funny to see from a distance.

anyways, they don't get hot, they don't burn out, they don't draw sweet eff all for amperage even at full boogie.
 
Along the same lines. Stupid youtube leads you on some crazy adventures some times! Check out this Tahoe that has crazy bass. Specifically start watching around the 4:25 mark. For one thing the ladys hair is crazy! But watch the windshield and the roof! Its insane!

[YOUTUBE]HNmnVZYL-pU[/YOUTUBE]
 
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