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electrical:12v:alternator [2024/04/26 16:56] frater_secessus [TLDR] |
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+ | ==== fuel consumption ==== | ||
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+ | Fuel consumption for power generation will be greatest when the vehicle is idled. | ||
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+ | >> In terms of cost, an average USA price of gas at $3.36, **idling** for 2 hours to produce 1kWh with a 40A DC-DC charger would burn 2 * (2/3 + 0.074) gal = 1.48 gal = **$4.97 / kWh**. If you were going to be **driving** anyway, then the additional cost of turning on a DC-DC charger (using my assumptions) would be about **50c/ | ||
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+ | ===== charging current patterns | ||
* charging lead chemistries directly from the alternator tends toward | * charging lead chemistries directly from the alternator tends toward | ||
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- | ===== fuel consumption ===== | ||
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- | Fuel consumption for power generation will be greatest when the vehicle is idled. | ||
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- | >> In terms of cost, an average USA price of gas at $3.36, **idling** for 2 hours to produce 1kWh with a 40A DC-DC charger would burn 2 * (2/3 + 0.074) gal = 1.48 gal = **$4.97 / kWh**. If you were going to be **driving** anyway, then the additional cost of turning on a DC-DC charger (using my assumptions) would be about **50c/ | ||
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