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Hybrid Lovers Read This and Lament
On Sat, 26 Nov 2005, Erik Meltzer wrote:
> Bill Putney wrote: >> Heh heh! I don't know if the big diesel manufacturers still do this, >> but when I was a kid, I remember being told (probably by my dad) that >> the Caterpillar scraper engines used small gasoline engines (with their >> own electric starter of course) to start the main engine. > > A combustion engine would be a poor choice for a starter, ....nevertheless, a great deal of heavy equipment was equipped exactly so. > The starter for a passenger car engine usually delivers around > 1 bhp Even the lightest-duty version of the starter Chrysler Corp. used on most of their products from 1962 through 1988 was rated 1.5 bhp. The heaviest-duty version was rated 1.8. The Nippondenso and Bosch PMPGR starters used on a great many different makes and models since 1989 are rated at between 1.1kW and 1.4kW (roughly 1.5 to 1.9 hp). |
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