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Old 12-05-2018, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Lee View Post

No way a standard battery and alternator could power such a device for very long, not at any substantial power level at least. It would be more efficient to have the motor of the device attached at the output of the transmission, directly adding power, bypassing the losses it would have through the compressor and the engine.
I am talking drag racing. Some systems charge the battery off the alternator.
Basically they are turbos that are fab up with an electric (24 volts or more) electric motor.

GTO George