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Publication Type:
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Author(s): | Dilger, Paul |
Author Affiliation: | Retired Professor, Agricultural Engineering, Cal-Poly State University |
Title: | Alternators |
Article Series: | Understanding electrical systems: Part VII(a) |
Column Name: | Shop talk Other records with the "Shop talk" Column
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Source: | Outdoor Power Equipment. Vol. 44, No. 4, April 2001, p. 22, 24, 26-27. |
Publishing Information: | Radnor, PA: Chilton Co |
# of Pages: | 4 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Electrical systems; Product profile; Equipment
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Abstract/Contents: | Describes the processes and functions of an alternator. States that, "alternators used in industrial machinery, automobiles, and agricultural equipment increase their efficiency by having three rotating magnets and three stator wings... refered to as the delta configuration." Explains how the alternator uses the current which flows into the alternator's field windings to create an electromagnet with, "the resulting output of the rectifier [having] wave peaks close enough together to produce a pulsing DC voltage.. [which is] then smoothed to a steady state with resistors and capacitors in the voltage regulator." |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
See Also: | See also Part I, "Understanding electrical systems", 43(5) May 2000, p. 40-44, R=64869 R=64869
See also Part II, "Understanding electrical systems", 43(6) June 2000, p. 64, 66, 71-72, R=66247 R=66247
See also Part III, "Understanding electrical systems", 43(8) August 2000, p. 22-27, R=66917 R=66917
See also Part IV, "Resistance measurements", 43(10) October 2000, p. 40-45, 47, R=76960 R=76960
See also Part V, "Light probe testers vs. volt meters", 43(12) December 2000, p. 40-41, R=76961 R=76961
See also Part VI, "Calculating current and testing glow plugs", 44(2) February 2001, p. 18, 20-21, R=75296 R=75296
See also Part VIII, "Re-powering an old electrical system", 44(6) June 2001, p. 58, 60-61, R=75383 R=75383 |
Note: | Pictures, b/w Figures |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Dilger, P. 2001. Alternators. Outdoor Power Equip. 44(4):p. 22, 24, 26-27. |
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