So, back to the sordid subject of engineering!
There I was bumbling around on Youtube and I ran across this........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqy3rRWJQEA clip of a car alternator being used as a prime mover for a go cart, it must have some grunt to hit around 40 kph...
As is well documented on here, my knowledge of things electronical is somewhere on the sc an side of non existant and I ain't much better at things electrical either, I can copy and repair but innovation ain't me.
So, would it be possible / practical to use a 90 amp or so alternator to start a CS and then run as a alternator to charge the start battery (s) on either 12 or 24 volts?
I went on to read that most applications use a variable speed controller, of which there are umpteen on Ebay, however, it would appear that a simple controller, using 3 Hall Effect switches should suffice to power up at a given speed.
Looking at an alternator with a pulley for a serpentine belt that, been kicking around my shed for a while it would be running around 9/1 driving directly on to a 22" flywheel.
Has it been done, is it practical, do circuit diagrams for the 'speed controller' already exist, ect, or have I beaten Elon Musk to the punch?
All answers (and any amount of derision!) appreciated.
Cheers Stef