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The fan in cars is typically not enough to keep it cool while stationary under load, but in typical home applications you won't have that big load anyway. Big l

The fan in cars is typically not enough to keep it cool while stationary under load, but in typical home applications you won't have that big load anyway. Big load for a car is >10kW. You can also pretty cheaply get a bigger external fan, like those used on dynamometers. One nice side effect of using car as generator - free heat in winter if you extend cooling loop to your home.

dylan604 3y ago
How is a stationary car engine under load? Oh right, like my asshat neighbor that likes to sit in the driveway a 6AM revving his engine every. single. morning.
- sp332 3y ago
  When you put a generator on it, which is what the thread is about.
  - dylan604 3y ago
    it wasn't a serious question looking for an answer.
- IE6 3y ago
  fwiw revving the engine while stationary wouldn't really put much (if any) load on the engine
philsnow 3y ago
> Big load for a car is >10kW I don't have any idea if it's relevant at all (or how much the number can be trusted), but when I floor the accelerator in my Bolt, the dash indicator says it's using about 120kW.