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[now non-roc]Re: Radiator Fan Question



This reminds me of a news item I saw recently where a guy in Scotland has 
supposedly developed a system for an electric car which is basically a fan 
generator in the engine bay, hooked-up to the car's battery cells.  He 
reckons that, above 30-40mph, the generator produces enough electricity to 
usefully extend the range of the car. He's installed a prototype into a 
Honda electric car and he's apparently trying to get together the funding to 
exploit this idea commercially.


Ewan Hopkins...

'85 Storm 2.0
'86 GT 1.8


>From: "Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>
>To: tberk@mindspring.com, e@sbbs.se
>CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: Radiator Fan Question
>Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 23:21:28 PST
>
>
>>
>>Here's the follow up question;
>>
>>At high speed does the fan's freewheeling actually create energy
>>output back into the 12 volt system?
>
>Unfortunately it would only do this if you had the fan switch bypassed ;)
>
>>
>
>
>Chris DeLong
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>Seattle, WA USA
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