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From: "Bullwinkle" <yd3@nvc.net>
To: "mgs" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: Big Generators / Alternators.
> <<<snip>>>
> It had a dual (perhaps triple) circuit 80A alternator.
> <<<snip>>>
>
> AFIAK, alternators weren't being used in the period
> 1955-62. There's a period photo of one of the LeMans MGAs
> and I don't recall seeing an alternator.
>
It was a supposition - based on the fact that large alternators / generators
were available in various forms for other applications, and it would have
been easy enough to convert one for use in a special purpose MGA.
As I recall, the unit in the Land Rover looked more like a large generator
of the period than a modern day alternator.
An example can be seen at
http://the-land-rover-portal.com/Manuals/Series2/FFRseries2.pdf This went
into service in 1962. It was probably was available to the MG factory before
then. Is referred to in the army manual as a generator, but its raw output
was 3 phase AC.
Cheers
Ian F
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