Timeline for Advantage of using AC generators in cars instead of DC generators
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| Mar 3, 2017 at 13:26 | comment | added | Martin James | @Janka yes. A system guaranteed to evetually leave you stuck with either a flat or boiled-dry battery. My wife's Mk1 Escort had such a contraption - we replaced it with an alternator ASAP :) | |
| Mar 3, 2017 at 13:20 | comment | added | Janka | Before the invention of silicon power diodes, car alternators indeed were DC machines, with the field controlled by the stator winding and a small mechanical regulator. +1 anyway. | |
| Mar 3, 2017 at 12:32 | history | answered | Martin James | CC BY-SA 3.0 |