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alternator operating principle








         1    alternator pulley
                                                                each part of the alternator. In a

         2    cooling fan                                       future edition we will get more
                                                                practical, overhauling and test-
         3    half alternator housing
                                                                ing an alternator.

         4    stator


         5    rotor


         6    voltage regulator and carbon brushes


         7    rectifier


         8    half alternator housing



























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          The alternator and dynamo are also called generator in the Bosch
          manuals; the dynamo we discussed in the previous edition is so-

          metimes called a DC generator, the alternator an AC generator. For

          simplicity, we will use the terms dynamo and alternator.




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