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Ev Archive for May 2000
1453 messages, last added Wed Aug 08 18:48:34 2001

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Re: BruceDP's Blazer goes hybrid



> PETER VANDERWAL wrote:
> > Does that include the efficiency of the V-belt or did you guesstimate
> > the v-belt efficiency?
>
> No, the 60% was alternator alone. The v-belt was around 90% efficient at
> full load.

Is this a tested efficiency for the V-belt or one of your guestimates?  If
it's a tested efficiency can you tell us the v-belt and testing setup?  This
belt appears to be far more efficient than any I've heard of.