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Re:How a 4-Pound Engine Can Replace a 40-Pound Engine by ryanmarsh on Thursday June 16, 2016 @12:10AM (#11913923)
How many watts can you reasonably generate with 3 hp?
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Re:How a 4-Pound Engine Can Replace a 40-Pound Engine by userbinator on Thursday June 16, 2016 @12:32AM (#11913994)
Approximately 2237.
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Re:How a 4-Pound Engine Can Replace a 40-Pound Engine by geon on Thursday June 16, 2016 @01:29AM (#11914205)
I was going to nitpick about efficiency of the generator not being 100 %, but apparently a generator can be 99 % effective.
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Re:How a 4-Pound Engine Can Replace a 40-Pound Engine by ChuckMcM on Friday June 17, 2016 @01:56AM (#11920922)
Yeah, if you start from the break HP of the motor, pretty much all the work can be converted into electricity. If you start from the energy in the fuel, and go all the way to the generator, its like 50%.
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