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How did you get to that number? The electrical load varies wildly depending on what you turn on and what you even have available on the particular car. The same
by close04 7y ago
How did you get to that number? The electrical load varies wildly depending on what you turn on and what you even have available on the particular car. The same car with the exact same electrical devices might have wildly different engines, down to the fuel used. How would that percentage apply to the whole range of combinations?
Just the seat heating would have a huge difference on the electrical load for 2 otherwise identical cars. The 10% can't be a constant.
- Scoundreller 7y agoJust like mpg, i’m Sure it’s based on an average. From the PDF at https://inldigitallibrary.inl.gov/sites/sti/sti/7146807.pdf https://inldigitallibrary.inl.gov/sites/sti/sti/7146807.pdf > Additionally, the impact of auxiliary load on the overall on-road vehicle fuel consumption was determined to be on average between 7.5% and 18%. This shows the auxiliary load consumes a significant amount of energy during real world on-road driving as well as reinforces the importance of the potential energy saving improvements that could be made by improving alternator efficiency or reducing auxiliary loads.