Oops! My mistake. I was remembering an alternator that I disected
a few years ago that didn't have any field brushes. Taking a quick peek
at the book, I see that many alternators do have brushes for the
field winding. Sorry about that. Hey, I said that alternators DON'T have
brushes BEFORE I said that they DO have brushes. Guess I pulled
a Kerry

Doug
s/v Callista

"Doug Dotson" wrote in message
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"Steve" wrote in message
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... charge controller. It's just connected to the field brush terminal of
the regulator.

Alternators don't have brushes