... and speak of alternators - this probably doesn't apply to your late model cars, but I happen to know from first hand experience that if you remove (unsolder) the rectifier plate from the back of a 1967 (?) Dodge Dart alternator, attach a pigtail (14awg stranded) to the coil leads for one of the 3 rectifier input phases, attach the free end of the pigtail to the plug of an ordinary table lamp (tape), and rev the engine up about halfway (okay, maybe a bit more) to red-line, the light bulb in the lamp (an ordinary 60W incandescant bulb) will light up.
The coils provide 3-phase AC to the rectifier, so you are obviously getting (close to) 60W at whatever 1-phase of 12V 3-phase AC works out to (something less than 12V - don't remember that equation - something about RMS voltage?). In trying to use this power, potential difficulties could occur with the frequency of the AC voltage - but we didn't have a meter that would measure that, at the time... And if you like that one, I'll tell you about the time I built a distributer for a Ford 350 Windsor out of an 8-track tape player ... ;) - from the days when you could "rebuild" the alternator by taking it apart and reversing the brushes - unless the laquer insulation on the coils was cracked .... may not sound like much, but I was impressed with it at the time - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CHAOS706.ORG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chaos706 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
