Re: this regen thing again

["Mike Chancey" <evtinker@hotmail.com>]

>Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 23:37:07 -0700
>From: "steve.richardson" <steve.richardson@cwix.com>

>I guess a lot of people missed part of my original post on regen.  I 
can't
>add a alternator, dynamic brake and any other motor or drive shaft 
attached
>device because I simply do not have the room.  I

Hi Steve,

Here is another idea.  Have you ever seen where NASCAR stockcars 
sometimes mount an alternator?  On the rear axle! They drive it off a 
pulley mounted on the input flange behind the rear driveshaft u-joint.  
I don't know if they still do this, but it is an idea.  Another 
possibility would be the same thing only on the output flange of the 
transmission, or perhaps on the center carrier bearing if your truck has 
one.  A bit funky perhaps, but with a proper splash guard it could work.  
AS I understand it, your more interested in reducing the load on the 
brakes than recovering energy.  Perhaps a setup such as this discharging 
into a resistor grid under the rear of the truck or perhaps behind the 
grill would work for you.  

Comments anyone?

Thanks,


Mike Chancey
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