On Oct 10, 2011, at 3:08 PM, Randall wrote:
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> Seems like a strange configuration, though. American cars went to
> alternators several years before electronic regulators, and even my 71
> Triumph has an alternator with a partially mechanical regulator. Perhaps I
> should ask, does your generator have a commutator, or slip rings?
Neither- it's an alternator, and it's built into and under the flywheel which
has permanent magnets. From the manual:
"The stator is provided with 5 charging coils which supply the current needed
to re-charge the battery. The 6th coil fitted on the stator feeds current to
the ignition system. The AC current is rectified by the electronic
rectifier-regulator and supplied to the battery. "
The alternator schematic looks something like this:
http://www.motomoriniclub.nl/statore01.jpg
And the regulator:
http://www.motomoriniclub.nl/spann1.jpg
http://www.motomoriniclub.nl/spann2.jpg
I suppose I could open it up and see what doesn't look like the rest, and
replace that :-)
Rumor has it I can buy a replacement for $125, which considering how much time
I'd put into effecting a repair, is cheap. But I'm mostly interested in how
these things work.
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