alt.energy.renewable

"Ulysses" wrote in message
news:13soqk8ff2u7ob4@corp.supernews.com...
>
> "SteveC" wrote in message
> news:47cc185e$0$4060$9a566e8b@news.aliant.net...
> > 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?
> >
> > Time to hit the junkyard for a couple of cheap alternators for an
> > experiment!!
> >
> >
>
> Lot's of people do it with small engines
> (http://theepicenter.com/tow02077.html). The problem is that with a
> built-in voltage regulator the batteries don't get properly charged. The
> automotive type are designed to recharge a car battery that is usually
only
> used to start the car and rarely discharged very much. But it's a lot
> better than nothing.
>
>

How could I have forgotten to include this one? I guess I thought everyone
already knew about NJ's site.

http://www.neon-john.com/Generator/CBC/CBC_home.htm