archtaib fock up alternators

what's there to turn up? everything there makes sense.. i think. battery

>provides power to the car, alternator keeps batter charged, voltage >regualtor keeps the power output in check, and there will be a sensor there >somewhere to signal the guage on the dash what to display. the only thing >that doesn't make sense is the term 'generator'.. i'm not sure why a shop >manual would call it that, that's not what an alternator does. an generator >is a simple device, really.. and incredibly inneficient and weak. i don't >think they have used generators in cars in more than 25 years. >

pssssssssssst foctard

read the ford manual they call them generators

a sense line you CRACK me up

LMFAO

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hueydewyandlouie
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yeah so far two people have called them generators.. from the manual, no less. :s though i don't think it is actually a generator. generators don't produce enough power for new cars, unless they have overcome some of the weaknesses of a generator, such as commutators. but as soon as one was to elliminate the commutators, it becomes-- more or less-- an alternator.

and no, i'm not going to go to a ford dealer and ask to read the manual from a 2005 mustang. if i liked mustangs, i'd be in a mustang group ;)

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ArchTaib

Alternator is a derivative of a generATOR that produces ALTERNating current; ALTERN + ATOR = ALTERNATOR. The word's etymology goes back to Chrysler product vehicles of around 1960. Ford & GM manuals still refer to them as generators, which they actually are, since they GENERATE electricity.

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Sharon K.Cooke

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