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It should produce 14.5v +/- and it's DC.
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Is a diode part of an alternator or the car?
There is a three phase diode bridge in a vehicles alternator. The voltage is generated as three phase AC. The diode bridge converts the AC voltage to DC voltage. This is the DC voltage that is used to charge the battery of the vehicle and run the vehicles electrical systems and equipment.
How do you derive alternating current from car alternator?
The car's alternator is a three phase generating system. Inside the alternator is a three phase full wave diode bridge that changes the AC generated voltage to a DC voltage.
How do you take both ac and DC from car alternator?
An Alternator produces AC (the clue is in the name) Alternating Current.Add in a Bridge rectifier, and it produces DC (Direct current).Basically the alternator "alternates" or switches the voltage, and the rectifier switches the opposite way, in perfect time, turnign the AC into DC.
Does a motor car emit ac or dc?
The engine itself emits nothing. The alternator does. The alternator emits AC, but it is converted to DC.
What is tha purpose of a rectifier assembly?
Are you referring to the Rectifier in the Alternator? Simply, a rectifier turns the AC voltage produced my the alternator to run the electrical components in your vehicle and turns it into DC voltage to recharge your battery.The purpose of rectifier assembly is to turn the AC voltage. This is in a car.
What type of energy do the car and the batteries in the car have?
The Alternator outputs AC voltage which is converted to DC voltage. The battery stores DC voltage. The engine and all electronics run on 12 volts DC. The spark plugs fire with thousands of DC volts that are produced by the coils. It is all electrical energy.
What would cause the volt meter on 1994 Le Sabre to bounce up and down.?
It could be the alternator. Unlike the old generators that generated a DC voltage, the alternator generates an AC voltage. Diodes are used to convert this to a DC voltage. If a diode fails, the AC voltage will come through. Many auto parts stores can check the alternator while it is in the car. That is the first thing I would check.
Is a car 12 volt battery ac or dc?
The CURRENT is actually AC coming Directly from the Alternator. A voltage regulator/converter then takes it to DC. For all practical purposes, a typical automobile operates on 12Vdc. The Alternator actutally puts out about 14 Volts to allow for constant charging of the battery.
Will a bad alternator boil your battery?
Short answer: yes Long Answer: A bad Voltage Regulator can allow an overcharge to the battery. Your charging system should be running around 14.2 to 14.8 volts DC with the car running. A bad voltage regulator may allow up to 18 Volts DC to run through your system. Not good for your battery. Some vehicles have a separate Voltage Regulator and some are part of the Alternator. There is also a part in the Alternator called a Diode Trio that changes the AC voltage that the alternator produces to DC Voltage that your car's electrical system uses. Batteries don't like to be fed AC voltage, it can evaporate the electrolyte fluid.
Alternator generates DC or AC?
An alternator produces AC current but it is converted to DC by the rectifier inside the alternator.
For a 3 phase alternator why there is an AC voltage generated in the absence DC excitation?
due to residual magnetism
When a car is running is the current ac or DC?
AC (alternating current) is produced in the the alternator. It is converted to DC (direct current) in the alternator by a configuration of diodes called a bridge rectifier. The remainder of the electrical system is DC.
