Bob; Alternators work by having a winding of wire move through a magnetic field. The magnetic field is produced by the battery current flowing through a voltage regulator and then through the field windings in the alternator. This being said, there is no way to have a working alternator without a battery to supply the field winding with current.
The voltage regulator senses the output voltage and maintains it by varying the current through the field windings to maintain a constant voltage output with varying loads. The old automobiles had a generator that produced pulsating DC current by rotating a winding of wire through a magnetic field that was supplied by permanent magnets. These required an analog type voltage regulator and were somewhat larger than their equivalent alternators. Hope this helps Parley Byington Electronics Engineer Kr-2 N54PB Henderson NV. par...@anv.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "P Byington" <par...@anv.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 10:24 PM Subject: Fw: KR> Jets > Bob; > > I don't have a picture but I bought my metal brake lines from the local > auto parts store, steel and very afordable and in varing lengths. I think > the store was a NAPA parts. > > Hope it helps > Parley Byington > Kr-2 N54PB > Henderson NV > parley2anv.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Glidden" <glid...@ccrtc.com> > To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 7:45 PM > Subject: KR> Jets > > >> Don't know why we are talking jets on a KR list,but for what its >> worth,the comment about the F104 being almost as fast as a F111 is like >> saying my ford aspire is almost as fast as a mustang.The F-104 has a top >> speed of 1,320 mph (mach 2) and the F-111 has a top speed of 1,855 mph >> (mach 2.5).Now to get back on KR's doe's anyone have any close up photos >> of a canopy that opens to the right like Bill Clapps?And a good source >> for buying metal brake line. >> >> Bob Glidden >> Eminence,Indiana >> KR2S N181FW (building) >> Corvair 110 >> glid...@ccrtc.com >> _______________________________________ >> Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >> to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >> please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >> >
