D.Kreft wrote:
On Feb 27, 8:54 am, Matt Ion wrote:
When the car is running, the alternator provides ALL the car's electrical needs,
including for the sound system. The battery DOES NOT.
Correct...right up until the point where the current demand from the
vehicle (presumably from a big honkin' stereo system) exceeds the
output capability of the alternator, at which point the battery starts
converting that yummy chemical energy into electrical engery...
Ah, yes, granted... but as you say...
only makes matters worse because then the battery becomes an even
*larger* load on the alternator as it tries to not only run your
electronics, but also recharge the battery.
....ultimately the alternator is the only thing that is really CREATING
electricity in the system - the battery is merely storing it.
Anyway, we could go around forever coming up with rare or momentary or
intermittant scenarios where different things happen like this... but that's
just confusing the issue with theoreticals and rhetoricals and gets away from
the basic fact that...
As Matt has spelled-out (several times now), it really is this simple.
Yup.
