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Good luck, I hear ya. My car has to go from not being driven for almost 3 weeks to ready to go 9hrs on Monday. I have a lurking fear that I'm going to find out that it's not the alt that's the problem but something else. I'm ignoring it though.
Dan
 Rhett Farnum <rocco_crossing@hotmail.com> wrote:
HYSTERESIS!!!! There its been said.

Sorry, long night too much coffee @ the coooffee house.

GOOOOOD NIGHT!! I have to get my alternator and tierod done by 4pm tomaro... 
well later today I gueeess.blah night all

Peace Out,
Rhett
Rocco_crossing
'83 Rocco (autocross ready, 20 days till season opener)
'92 Olds Cutlass Ciera (DD)





>From: Haygood 
>Reply-To: haygood@aemail4u.com
>To: "T. Reed" ,Rhett Farnum 
>
>CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: Water pump....questions
>Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 23:33:02 -0800 (PST)
>
>Let me try to simplify. You know how if you want a drill motor to do more 
>mechanical work you have to give it more electricity, right? Well, this is 
>the same in reverse. If you want more electricity, you have to put more 
>mecahnical work into the motor/alternator. So it's still mushy because I 
>just referred to an alternator as a type of motor, but then that's kinda 
>the point. They all be the same on some crude level.
>
>OK, so I tried. The next challenge is for someone to work the word 
>hysteresis into the conversation. Geesh. Good night all!
>
>BH
>
>--- "T. Reed" wrote:
> >Actually, this isn't correct. The more electrical stuff you connect to an
> >alternator, the harder you have to work to turn the pulley. In a 
>-greatly-
> >simplified manner, think about the alternator coils as being an
> >electromagnet whose strength is proportional to the electrical load
> >connected to it. Then think of the shaft/pulley as being another magnet
> >of opposite polarity that is pushing away from the first magnet as it
> >spins around. It takes more force to spin the shaft and "overcome" that
> >repulsion when you have less resistance in the electrical circuit
> >connected to the electromagnet.
> >
> >If you've ever played with an electric motor and a battery, you would 
>know
> >that if you connect the power and get the motor up to speed then remove
> >power, the motor takes a second or two to spin down. If you want it to
> >stop immediately, all you have to do is short the two terminals of the
> >motor. This creates "infinite" current between the terminals, exerting a
> >strong opposing force to the permanent magnet in the electric motor.
> >
> >Of course, an alternator isn't 100% effecient, so there is always some
> >resistance to turning even when there is an open circuit between the two
> >terminals. Not to mention bearing friction, rotating mass, etc.
> >
> >Okay, so maybe this isn't the clearest explanation possible but its the
> >best I could muster after being brainwashed by college physics textbooks
> >to speak in terms of mathematical.. stuff. I'm sorry.. my brain is
> >literally mush.
> >
> >Perhaps the best way to explain this would be simply conservation of
> >energy. If you're making energy, it has to go somewhere, right?
> >Disconnecting the electrical load means it has no where to go. The heat
> >explanation doesn't fly either because there is no current flowing 
>through
> >an open circuit. But even if it did, a 90A alternator making 14v (lets
> >simplify this model by pretending there is no regulator) spinning full
> >bore would produce 1260 watts of power. If you've ever touched a 100 watt
> >light bulb when it was on you would know how hot 100 watts is, and thats
> >not even 100 watts because heat is only produced from the "waste" power
> >of an inefficient light bulb. You can't tell me for a minute that 1.26
> >kilowatts are being dissipated as heat.. the alternator case would be red
> >hot.
> >
> >-Toby
> >
> >On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Rhett Farnum wrote:
> >
> >> If your alt was still spinning wouldn't that still cause friction and 
>pull
> >> from your HP anyways? I mean if you turn the alternator off all you are
> >> doing is opening the external circuit, you wouldn't really be lessening 
>the
> >> friction from the alt because it would still be turning and makeing 
>energy,
> >> it just wouldn't be pushing it into the entire electrical system.
> >>
> >> Disclaimer: this is an amature electrical student talking, I am not 
>really
> >> knowledgable on the pulley end of things but electrical is a diff. 
>story so
> >> this is how *I* see it.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Peace Out,
> >> Rhett
> >> Rocco_crossing
> >> '83 Rocco (autocross ready, 20 days till season opener)
> >> '92 Olds Cutlass Ciera (DD)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> >From: frank 
> >> >To: ATS - Patrick Bureau 
> >> >CC: Scirocco Mailing List 
> >> >Subject: Re: Water pump....questions
> >> >Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:34:50 -0800 (PST)
> >> >
> >> >Patrick, On a street driven car you would probley want
> >> >to use a underdrive pulley on the crank & mabey a
> >> >larger one on the water & powersteering pumps, A good
> >> >machine shop could turn these down out of
> >> >aluminum.(Ron should know more about that)
> >> >You could also install a switch that will cutout the
> >> >alternator while racing, just besure to switch it back
> >> >on for normal driving
> >> >Good Luck,FJ
> >> >--- ATS - Patrick Bureau 
> >> >wrote:
> >> > > Working on my 2L project and thinking...could it be
> >> > > possible to not install
> >> > > the pulley driven Water pump and install a type of
> >> > > electrical water pump
> >> > > instead and gain some HP?
> >> > > I have been obviously reading too many racing
> >> > > catalogues, I am getting
> >> > > ideas, but no real clue what type would electrical
> >> > > driven (yeah I can hear
> >> > > the gremlins already getting ready to attack this
> >> > > thing) water pump ?
> >> > >
> >> > > any one have any ideas on this?
> >> > >
> >> > > ATS - Patrick Bureau - txrocco@sbcglobal.net
> >> > >
> >> > >
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> >> > 87 16V Scirocco
> >> >
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<P>Good luck, I&nbsp;hear ya. My car has to go from not being driven for almost 3 weeks to ready to go 9hrs on Monday. I have a lurking fear that I'm going to find out that it's not the alt that's the problem but something else. I'm ignoring it though.
<P>Dan
<P>&nbsp;<B><I>Rhett Farnum &lt;rocco_crossing@hotmail.com&gt;</I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"><BR>HYSTERESIS!!!! There its been said.<BR><BR>Sorry, long night too much coffee @ the coooffee house.<BR><BR>GOOOOOD NIGHT!! I have to get my alternator and tierod done by 4pm tomaro... <BR>well later today I gueeess.blah night all<BR><BR>Peace Out,<BR>Rhett<BR>Rocco_crossing<BR>'83 Rocco (autocross ready, 20 days till season opener)<BR>'92 Olds Cutlass Ciera (DD)<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>&gt;From: Haygood <HAYGOOD@AEMAIL4U.COM><BR>&gt;Reply-To: haygood@aemail4u.com<BR>&gt;To: "T. Reed" <TREED2@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>,Rhett Farnum <BR>&gt;<ROCCO_CROSSING@HOTMAIL.COM><BR>&gt;CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>&gt;Subject: Re: Water pump....questions<BR>&gt;Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 23:33:02 -0800 (PST)<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;Let me try to simplify. You know how if you want a drill motor to do more <BR>&gt;mechanical work you have to give it more electricity, right? Well, this is <BR>&gt;the same in reverse. If you want more electricity, you have to put more <BR>&gt;mecahnical work into the motor/alternator. So it's still mushy because I <BR>&gt;just referred to an alternator as a type of motor, but then that's kinda <BR>&gt;the point. They all be the same on some crude level.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;OK, so I tried. The next challenge is for someone to work the word <BR>&gt;hysteresis into the conversation. Geesh. Good night all!<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;BH<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;--- "T. Reed" <TREED2@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>wrote:<BR>&gt; &gt;Actually, this isn't correct. The more electrical stuff you connect to an<BR>&gt; &gt;alternator, the harder you have to work to turn the pulley. In a <BR>&gt;-greatly-<BR>&gt; &gt;simplified manner, think about the alternator coils as being an<BR>&gt; &gt;electromagnet whose strength is proportional to the electrical load<BR>&gt; &gt;connected to it. Then think of the shaft/pulley as being another magnet<BR>&gt; &gt;of opposite polarity that is pushing away from the first magnet as it<BR>&gt; &gt;spins around. It takes more force to spin the shaft and "overcome" that<BR>&gt; &gt;repulsion when you have less resistance in the electrical circuit<BR>&gt; &gt;connected to the electromagnet.<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;If you've ever played with an electric motor and a battery, you would <BR>&gt;know<BR>&gt; &gt;that if you connect the power and get the motor up to speed then remove<BR>&gt; &gt;power, the motor takes a second or two to spin down. If you want it to<BR>&gt; &gt;stop immediately, all you have to do is short the two terminals of the<BR>&gt; &gt;motor. This creates "infinite" current between the terminals, exerting a<BR>&gt; &gt;strong opposing force to the permanent magnet in the electric motor.<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;Of course, an alternator isn't 100% effecient, so there is always some<BR>&gt; &gt;resistance to turning even when there is an open circuit between the two<BR>&gt; &gt;terminals. Not to mention bearing friction, rotating mass, etc.<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;Okay, so maybe this isn't the clearest explanation possible but its the<BR>&gt; &gt;best I could muster after being brainwashed by college physics textbooks<BR>&gt; &gt;to speak in terms of mathematical.. stuff. I'm sorry.. my brain is<BR>&gt; &gt;literally mush.<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;Perhaps the best way to explain this would be simply conservation of<BR>&gt; &gt;energy. If you're making energy, it has to go somewhere, right?<BR>&gt; &gt;Disconnecting the electrical load means it has no where to go. The heat<BR>&gt; &gt;explanation doesn't fly either because there is no current flowing <BR>&gt;through<BR>&gt; &gt;an open circuit. But even if it did, a 90A alternator making 14v (lets<BR>&gt; &gt;simplify this model by pretending there is no regulator) spinning full<BR>&gt; &gt;bore would produce 1260 watts of power. If you've ever touched a 100 watt<BR>&gt; &gt;light bulb when it was on you would know how hot 100 watts is, and thats<BR>&gt; &gt;not even 100 watts because heat is only produced from the "waste" power<BR>&gt; &gt;of an inefficient light bulb. You can't tell me for a minute that 1.26<BR>&gt; &gt;kilowatts are being dissipated as heat.. the alternator case would be red<BR>&gt; &gt;hot.<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;-Toby<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Rhett Farnum wrote:<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; If your alt was still spinning wouldn't that still cause friction and <BR>&gt;pull<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; from your HP anyways? I mean if you turn the alternator off all you are<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; doing is opening the external circuit, you wouldn't really be lessening <BR>&gt;the<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; friction from the alt because it would still be turning and makeing <BR>&gt;energy,<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; it just wouldn't be pushing it into the entire electrical system.<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; Disclaimer: this is an amature electrical student talking, I am not <BR>&gt;really<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; knowledgable on the pulley end of things but electrical is a diff. <BR>&gt;story so<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; this is how *I* see it.<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; Peace Out,<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; Rhett<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; Rocco_crossing<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; '83 Rocco (autocross ready, 20 days till season opener)<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; '92 Olds Cutlass Ciera (DD)<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;From: frank <FISH26133@YAHOO.COM><BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;To: ATS - Patrick Bureau <TXROCCO@SBCGLOBAL.NET><BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;CC: Scirocco Mailing List <SCIROCCO-L@SCIROCCO.ORG><BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;Subject: Re: Water pump....questions<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:34:50 -0800 (PST)<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;Patrick, On a street driven car you would probley want<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;to use a underdrive pulley on the crank &amp; mabey a<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;larger one on the water &amp; powersteering pumps, A good<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;machine shop could turn these down out of<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;aluminum.(Ron should know more about that)<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;You could also install a switch that will cutout the<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;alternator while racing, just besure to switch it back<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;on for normal driving<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;Good Luck,FJ<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;--- ATS - Patrick Bureau <TXROCCO@SBCGLOBAL.NET><BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;wrote:<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt; Working on my 2L project and thinking...could it be<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt; possible to not install<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt; the pulley driven Water pump and install a type of<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt; electrical water pump<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt; instead and gain some HP?<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt; I have been obviously reading too many racing<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt; catalogues, I am getting<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt; ideas, but no real clue what type would electrical<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt; driven (yeah I can hear<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt; the gremlins already getting ready to attack this<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt; thing) water pump ?<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt; any one have any ideas on this?<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt; ATS - Patrick Bureau - txrocco@sbcglobal.net<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt; _______________________________________________<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt; Scirocco-l mailing list<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt; Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt; http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;=====<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;Later, F Jones<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; 87 16V Scirocco<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;__________________________________________________<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;Do you Yahoo!?<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;Yahoo! 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