# Engines as simple generators

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/engines-as-simple-generators/13831>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [June 5, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/engines-as-simple-generators/13831 "2017-06-05T21:53:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Szara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Szara](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Szara)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/engines-as-simple-generators/13831/1 "2017-06-05T21:53:29Z")

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When installing additional engines it takes a high mechanics skill in order to keep adding them, mostly due to the complexity of linking the drive shafts without complications. Installing a engine and leaving it connected only to an alternator would be incredibly easy, in comparison. So can we have a vehicle part that is a generator and is built using a normal engine? It should obviously not count as an engine as related to the number of installed engines and acceleration.