On 4/29/2010 1:32 AM, nom=de=plume wrote:
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On Apr 28, 10:32 pm, wrote:
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On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:13:54 -0400, wrote:
Even a car with an alternator needs some little bit of battery power
to get going. The alternator will not put out until you excite the
field, something I found out when I built this
http://gfretwell.com/electrical/redneck_power.jpg
Hence the little Gel Cell.
It turns out that almost all alternators have a little residual
magnetism and if you just spin them fast enough they will start
generating.
If not you get double your money back. :-)
So Wayne... it looks like you just contradicted yourself. Some brianiac
you
turned out to be.
No he didn't. however I'll clarify that most alternators equipped
with a 'self exciting' voltage regulator wether stator excited or diod-
trio induced, do work off of rotor residual magnetism. He should know,
he has four of them on board, and is about to have a 5th one.
Reply: I've been wrong before.
No. Really?