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Re: pic: Top of electronics board

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Originally Posted by Vikesrock View Post
I don't believe you can charge the backup with an alternator.
I'm terribly sorry about the confusion. The device in question (the little breadboarded box with the resistors) is the IFI charging circuit mentioned in R56. The team member above perpetrated a misnomer.

Using the 12V battery to run the motors and then using them as a power source for an alternator/generator would be the quintessence of inefficiency.

Ari.
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