Patchem, Eric EM2 wrote: > > That is part of my question. How do you get a useful and controllable > voltage generated from a AC induction motor? Or, once you get a voltage, how > do you get it to be controlled?
You control the voltage by the speed you spin it. In an EV, where the pack is a fixed voltage and the motor speed could be anything, the inverter is also used as a step-up DC/DC converter, to step up the AC voltage from the motor and then rectify it to charge the batteries. -- Lee A. Hart Ring the bells that still can ring 814 8th Ave. N. Forget your perfect offering Sartell, MN 56377 USA There is a crack in everything leeahart_at_earthlink.net That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen
