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<blockquote data-quote="helotaxi" data-source="post: 376725" data-attributes="member: 550915">That article is total crap.&nbsp; The rider can&#039;t maintain the RPM to maintain the required voltage.&nbsp; A car engine CAN and DOES.&nbsp; Their little &quot;experiment&quot; is very flawed and proves nothing.&nbsp; As you deep discharge multiple batteries, then sure more will be even more of a load, but if you rarely dip into the battery, and then only briefly, then an extra battery will keep the primary from discharging as deeply and prolong its life.Again not a very valid &quot;test.&quot;&nbsp; Unless you run your system (all 2000 watts) full tilt boogie all the time with a stock alternator then what does this show?&nbsp; If you can run your 200w system full tilt and sit in the car, you have other issues.&nbsp; A more valid test would have been to run the &quot;system&quot; at a realistic volume and taken measurements.&nbsp; That would have been &quot;real world.&quot;I used to have a lot of respect for Clark and Navone, but the more I see stuff like these &quot;experiments&quot; that are set up to &quot;prove&quot; their point the more that respect dwindles.&nbsp; For a time, someone had &quot;proved&quot; cold fusion, remember.&nbsp; Then once their &quot;experiments&quot; were scrutinized they were found to be a sham.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="helotaxi, post: 376725, member: 550915"] That article is total crap. The rider can't maintain the RPM to maintain the required voltage. A car engine CAN and DOES. Their little "experiment" is very flawed and proves nothing. As you deep discharge multiple batteries, then sure more will be even more of a load, but if you rarely dip into the battery, and then only briefly, then an extra battery will keep the primary from discharging as deeply and prolong its life. Again not a very valid "test." Unless you run your system (all 2000 watts) full tilt boogie all the time with a stock alternator then what does this show? If you can run your 200w system full tilt and sit in the car, you have other issues. A more valid test would have been to run the "system" at a realistic volume and taken measurements. That would have been "real world." I used to have a lot of respect for Clark and Navone, but the more I see stuff like these "experiments" that are set up to "prove" their point the more that respect dwindles. For a time, someone had "proved" cold fusion, remember. Then once their "experiments" were scrutinized they were found to be a sham. [/QUOTE]

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