There is no question that increasing alternator efficiency will measurably reduce fuel costs.
After all, it takes fuel to turn your engine, which then turns your alternator. Studies have shown that the more efficient the alternator, the less engine horsepower that is required. And this translates into a fuel savings of hundreds of dollars per truck, per year. The opposite is true as well—the less efficient the alternator, the greater the horsepower requirement and, consequently, the more you’re paying for fuel. Multiply this by the size of a fleet and alternator efficiency is either helping your operating budget or greatly hampering it.
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