An alternator (or synchronous generator) is an electrical generator that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy in the form of alternating current...
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An alternator is a type of electric generator used in modern automobiles to charge the battery and to power the electrical system when its engine is running...
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compensated pulsed alternator, also known by the portmanteau compulsator, is a form of power supply. As the name suggests, it is an alternator that is "compensated"...
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A linear alternator is essentially a linear motor used as an electrical generator. An alternator is a type of alternating current (AC) electrical generator...
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An Alexanderson alternator is a rotating machine, developed by Ernst Alexanderson beginning in 1904, for the generation of high-frequency alternating current...
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The Goldschmidt alternator or reflector alternator, invented in 1908 by German engineer Rudolph Goldschmidt, was a rotating machine which generated radio...
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Start-stop system (redirect from Integrated starter alternator)
the car's electrical system must be maintained by the battery after the alternator stops generating current. Often the battery will be labeled as supporting...
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List of The Transformers characters (redirect from Transformers Smokescreen (Alternators/Binaltech))
This article shows a list of characters from The Transformers television series that aired during the debut of the American and Japanese Transformers media...
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Diesel generator (redirect from Diesel alternator)
the combination of a diesel engine with an electric generator (often an alternator) to generate electrical energy. This is a specific case of an engine generator...
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Synchronization (alternating current) (redirect from Alternator synchronization)
disconnect it automatically. Synchronous speeds for synchronous motors and alternators depend on the number of poles on the machine and the frequency of the...
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Feuerstack. He also had a part in the eponymously-titled album Arizona Amp and Alternator, a project of musician Howe Gelb. He is endorsed by Istanbul Agop Cymbals...
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A flux switching alternator is a form of high-speed alternator, an AC electrical generator, intended for direct drive by a turbine. They are simple in...
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Transformers (redirect from Transformers: Alternators)
Transformers is a media franchise produced by Japanese toy company Takara Tomy and American toy company Hasbro. It primarily follows the heroic Autobots...
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from the alternator while the battery is being charged. Due to such a disconnection of the battery, other loads connected to the alternator experience...
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BAS hybrid (redirect from Belt alternator starter)
BAS (belted alternator starter) is a category of automotive parallel hybrid technology that uses an electric motor to contribute power to the internal...
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motor, the alternating-current alternator, and the rotary converter. Today, the simpler and more reliable alternator dominates large scale power generation...
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current. It is categorized as a form of alternator, although it is usually considered distinct from most other alternators, which use field coils rather than...
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Integrated Starter Alternator ISAD: Integrated Starter Alternator Damper CAS: Combined Alternator Starter CSA: Crankshaft Starter Alternator or Combined Starter...
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broad categories, dynamos and alternators. Dynamos generate pulsing direct current through the use of a commutator. Alternators generate alternating current...
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Reginald Fessenden (section Alternator-transmitter)
speeds the alternator might disintegrate due to the high rotation speed tearing it apart. Because of this, as a precaution, while the alternator was being...
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drive multiple peripheral devices in an automotive engine, such as an alternator, power steering pump, water pump, air conditioning compressor, air pump...
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who was a pioneer in radio development. He invented the Alexanderson alternator, an early radio transmitter used between 1906 and the 1930s for longwave...
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the use of a single device that is essentially an integrated starter/alternator sometimes known as a generator-motor unit. A typical mild-hybrid setup...
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Welding power supply (section Generator and alternator)
the output current. Welding power supplies may also use generators or alternators to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy. Modern designs are...
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early pre-electronic radio transmitter technology called an Alexanderson alternator. It was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2004, with the statement:...
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is due to not spinning the alternator, power steering, and/or air conditioning fast enough. This leads to low alternator voltage, weak or no power steering...
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engineer and inventor, best known for the development of the Goldschmidt alternator radio transmitter, and the tone wheel receiver. Goldschmidt was born on...
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Single-phase generator (redirect from Single-phase alternator)
Single-phase generator (also known as single-phase alternator) is an alternating current electrical generator that produces a single, continuously alternating...
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simultaneously charge more than one battery from a single power source (e.g., an alternator) without connecting the battery terminals together in parallel.[citation...
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the car's electrical systems is still supplied by the battery, with the alternator charging the battery as demands increase or decrease. Typically, starting...
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