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<blockquote data-quote="Fishchris" data-source="post: 8746422" data-attributes="member: 683065">Running out of gas is not really a consideration. Not saying that couldn&#039;t happen, but the additional gas for a larger, or multiple larger alternators is really small. I figured once that one could run 10 high powered alternators with about 150 HP... Certainly something one would need a big, strong motor for.I felt zero difference in my truck, going from a 140 amp stock alternator to the 320 amp aftermarket alt, and I&#039;ve heard from guys that you really hardly feel any more difference going from one high powered alt, to two. I guess you might feel it with 4 of them.... But then, you understand that they only put all that additional strain on the motor when your actually beating on the system. I can play my 3500 etc system full tilt, without reving it up, and I usually do. When I do rev it from 600 to 2000 rpm&#039;s, it only makes about a .2 difference in volts. Might be more important if I raised my wattage to 6Kwts... But again, if were going to do that, I&#039;d add another alternator... And probably another supercap bank.Yes, batteries do act as a buffer, but my oint is, if you make enough power to begin with, you don&#039;t need much of a buffer. For that supercaps are plenty buffer, and they put out juice WAY faster than any battery, even lithiums</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fishchris, post: 8746422, member: 683065"] Running out of gas is not really a consideration. Not saying that couldn't happen, but the additional gas for a larger, or multiple larger alternators is really small. I figured once that one could run 10 high powered alternators with about 150 HP... Certainly something one would need a big, strong motor for. I felt zero difference in my truck, going from a 140 amp stock alternator to the 320 amp aftermarket alt, and I've heard from guys that you really hardly feel any more difference going from one high powered alt, to two. I guess you might feel it with 4 of them.... But then, you understand that they only put all that additional strain on the motor when your actually beating on the system. I can play my 3500 etc system full tilt, without reving it up, and I usually do. When I do rev it from 600 to 2000 rpm's, it only makes about a .2 difference in volts. Might be more important if I raised my wattage to 6Kwts... But again, if were going to do that, I'd add another alternator... And probably another supercap bank. Yes, batteries do act as a buffer, but my oint is, if you make enough power to begin with, you don't need much of a buffer. For that supercaps are plenty buffer, and they put out juice WAY faster than any battery, even lithiums [/QUOTE]

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