At 04:40 PM 10/3/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>On 10/3/05, Michael Rigby-Jones <Michael.Rigby-Jones@bookham.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I managed to get it working (the rectifiers were toast), but I was
> > interested to know if this is a common or well known alternator
> > configuration? Does it have a name? Google isn't telling me anything, 
> though
> > I'm probably not asking the right questions.
> >
>
>I think its called a dynamo. An alternator produces a DC current.
>
>Regards,
>Bob

I don't see the original question. I think modern automotive 'alternators'
typically include both a regulator (usually) to control the rotor current
and a 3-phase bridge rectifier (6 diodes) connected to the stator windings.

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