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Alternators usually produce AC current but in an automobile the current is fed through diodes which coverts it to DC power that the car can use.
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What is the function of a rectifier within an alternator?
A rectifier turns the Alternating Current (AC) produced by the Alternator into Direct Current (DC) that your car uses.
What is the exciter wire on a GM alternator?
It is the wire that supplies the initial field current to the alternator from the battey. Once the alternator is rotating the field current will be provided by the diodes from the current produced by the alternator. excitor wire is usually wired through the charging indicator light.
What does an alternator diode rectifier do?
The alternator diode rectifier converts the AC current being produced by the alternator to DC from which most of the electronics installed and battery use.
What is the difference between the welding current produced by alternator and the one produced by a generators?
Alternators produce Direct Current, Generators produce Alternating Current. Todays' cars have Alternators to charge the batteries.
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.
Which type of current we are using ac in automobiles?
The only type of current used by automobiles is dc current although the alternator produces ac current which is converted to dc by rectifiers built into the alternator. Even the alternator is controlled by dc current though through the use of a voltage regulator which limits the amount of negative dc sent to the stator and positive dc current sent to the rotor of the alternator which limits the EMF.
How do alternator diodes work?
Diodes allow current to flow in one direction only thus changing the alternating current produced inside the "alternator", to direct current which is required by your car's electrical system. Think of them as check valves for liquids. Denis
When sea water freezes which type of current is produced?
a surface current forms
What condition will sinusoidal voltage be generated in a coil of wire that rotates in a magnetic field?
a generator or alternator,if the magnetic is permanent the current produced from the coil will be alternating current ac.
What kind of electricity is produced by a car?
the alternator produces a 3 phase AC electrical current that is "converted" into a single phase DC electrical current. This is done courtesy of the diode trio located in the regulator assembly of the alternator. typical output of an alternator is about 14 v DC and about .1 V AC.
What type of field is produced when reactive current through the capacitive load?
Electric field is produced
The brushes on an alternator carry?
The brushes on an alternator carry current.
