wasted-heat

[dzorde at aesprodata.com.au]

     And who said blind people couldn't drive cars ?  All we have to do is 
     blind everyone else and we are equal.  This little number with the 
     1040W is very close in colour to a fluorescent green, really makes it 
     stand out on the race track.  The everyday road car, well it's limited 
     to 600W lights and 600W stereo.  Still very impressive on a dark road 
     though.
     
     Dan        dzorde at aesprodata.com.au 


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Subject: Re: wasted-heat
Author:  diy_efi at coulomb.eng.ohio-state.edu at INTERNET
Date:    9/20/96 9:31 PM


tom cloud wrote:
> 
> What I've observed for electrical power draws: 
>         headlamps       50 watts        ~ 4 A 
>         exterior lamps   10-20 watts    ~ 2 A 
>         interior lamps   10 watts       ~ 1 A
>         dash lamps       2 watts        ~ 200 mA.
>         ignition coil   50 watts        ~ 4 A (intermittent)
>         radio           2 - xx watts    ~ .25 amps (no volume) 
>         tape deck motor 2 watts         ~ .2 A
>         starter        1800 - 3000 watts ~ 150 - 250 A 
>         fuel pump       24 - 120 watts  ~ 2 - 10 amps 
>         blower motor    ( dunno )
>         computer        ( dunno )
> 
> Tom
the 140/100 headlamps draw a little more than 4 
and there are 6 spots to lighten up the road
about the audio sys I'm not sure . The amps are true only for the top 
load situation and this will be nice but I'm not sure it will ever 
reach this because the numbers on this new amp-speaker stuff are 
unbelieveably high.
Dan wrote :
>      I'm running 90/130W (low/high beam) in my headlights, a set of 150W 
>      sealed beam for high beam and a set of 150W spotties.  Comes to 180W 
>      at low beam (around town), switch on the high beam and you have 740W 
>      (due to the purposely designed wiring the low beam stays on when the 
>      high beam is switched on), then switch on the spotties (1040W) and 
>      boy, you'll be able to spot a roo 20Km up the road before you hit it.  
>      It does tend to flatten the battery over long periods though, the 
>      alternator drops to about 9.6V @ 6500 rpm when everything is on. 
>      
this is the reason I changed alternator to a 105 Amps one
nice to know that there are other blind boys are driving on the world 
my car is white by the way
     
bye
charley