RE: 3 phase car alternators

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Original poster: "Terry Oxandale" <Toxandale@xxxxxxx>

Could the poles be rewired into fewer parallel circuits (and thereby
decreasing the number of poles) increasing the current output and
decreasing the frequency. I've never looked into an alternator, and
would guess this is a major undertaking.

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Subject: 3 phase car alternators

Original poster: "S&JY" <youngsters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I messed with an alternator many years ago with the idea of using it to
output AC by removing the internal diodes.  As I remember, there are a
lot
of poles in an alternator, so at typical RPMs as used in cars, the AC
frequency is many hundreds of Hz.  Such an alternator turning at a slow
enough RPM to output 50 or 60 Hz would have too low a power output to be
very useful.

--Steve

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Subject: RE: Egg Circuit Revisited - A Solid State Driver


 > Original poster: <davep@xxxxxxxx>
 >
 > I think Terry's thought of an auot alternator an
 > intiguing one.  Such like are ruggeder than solid state,
 > typically, capable of more than the usual 12v, with care,
 > could be run 'two phase' (alebeit at 120, if
 > desired.  Approriate choie of drive motor would
 > allow frequency variation at will.
 >
 > Good Luck...
 >   best
 >   dwp
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