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Alternator gauge definition?
provides electricity to keep the engine running, recharge the battery, and operate such equipment as lights and radio
What does a car alternator do?
An alternator provides electrical power to your automobile when it is running. It recharges the battery, which allows the engine to be turned on. It also provides electricity to run all the electronic features of your car.
Can an engine run on alternator only?
Yes, but it will not start again without electricity. alternators only provide electricity when the car is running, they're of no help when the engine needs to be started.
What does a vehicle depend on to keep it charged while the car is running?
The alternator - it provides a charge to the battery while the engine is running.
What is the alterneator?
The alternator is the device in a vehicle's engine compartment that generates electricity. It is commonly found bolted to the engine block and driven by the belt assembly.
Do you need electricity to run a diesel engine?
No. Iginition in a Diesel engine comes from compression and not spark. Once the Diesel engine is running you do not need electricitry to keep it running. However, modern diesel engines have computers controlling many of the functions of the engine and that would cause it to fail if there was no electricity. Old diesel engines did not have computers and would keep running even if your battry went flat because your alternator died. Just dont turn it off because the starter needs electricity :P
Why does the electric engines are used for traction purpose rather than steam engines?
Steam isn't typically used for locomotives anymore. Normal operation of a locomotive is the generation of electricity with the use of an engine-generator set, often a diesel engine. This provides electricity for traction motors that turn the wheels of the locomotive. Excess electricity is stored in batteries, which provide power to the traction motors when the engine is not running, often to reduce noise and pollution in areas, such as cities, where it is undesirable to produce such noise and pollution.
What keeps battery charged on riding mower?
Mower has a generator, which is turned by the engine. When engine is running, generator produces electricity to charge the storage battery.
What would make a car discharge besides the battery and alternator?
All of a vehicle's electicity using devices drain/discharge the battery, but during the time the engine is running, the alternaror is supposed to keep the battery recharged. If the engine IS running, but the alternator is NOT providing enough current to recharge the battery then ALL of the electricity using devices discharge the battery. Some of the "onboard" computers draw some slight amount of power even when the ignition switch is off, but they do not use enough power by themselves to significantly discharge the vehicle battery. Any electricity using device which SHOULD be turned off when the ignition is off, BUT... which due to some fault [such as a "stuck" relay for example] that keeps that device still turned on when the engine is not running and the key is off will also discharge the battery. Or, just leaving the ignition switch on without the engine running, or the headlights or parking lights on, or sound equipment left on will contribute to discharge of a vehicle's battery.
What is supervisor engine in switch 4503?
The supervisor module (depending on the model) provides the brains and feature sets to the device in which it is being utilized.
Which electrical protective device is designed to detect a difference in a current between circuit wires and interrupt the circuit and stop the flow of electricity?
A resistor is a device designed to detect difference in current and stop the flow of electricity. On most every type of electric engine or circuit has a resistor.
What happens when you keep the electricity switch on in the 2014 Nissan Pathfiner?
If you leave the Ingition Switch on without the engine running. The battery will go dead. Then you will have to get a boost or charge the battery to get the engine started.
