Group: alt.energy.renewable
From: Eeyore
Date: Monday, March 03, 2008 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: Car Alternator used to charge batteries



SteveC wrote:

> if you could somehow power a car alternator to run, could you charge a bank
> of batteries somehow? Like using solar power to power an electric motor,
> which in turn, turns the alternator which charges up the batteries?

If you have solar electricity you'd use it to charge the batteries directly not
waste power driving mechanical things.


Graham