>>I really doubt you'll get the battery to charge at idle RPM.
>>Is this device going to rev the engine up to a few thousand
>>RPM and hold it there?
>
>Modern alternator vehicles do. Very definitely.

Well motor vehicle alternators always have done this, not just modern ones.
This was always touted as an advantage of the alternator over the generator
when alternators first became readily available for motor vehicles. This is
on top of the other low maintenance advantages of course.

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