On Wed, 7 Oct 1998 06:09:57 GMT, Egil Kvaleberg wrote:
>A much simpler (and quite customary) approach to increasing poor
>alternator output is to mount a silicon diode in series with the
>regulator, increasing the charging voltage by 0.7 volts. Just make
sure it
>doesn't bring the charging voltage sans load too high, though.
>
>Ensuring first that the brushes are OK goes without saying - they
do not
>last particularily long on the Lucas unit, but are cheap and easy to
>replace.
>
>Egil
Thanks for the analysis Egil. Just wondering, is there
a practical limit to the current draw from the Lucas unit?
I assume there is some point where overheating / insulation
failure may occur? Or maybe field saturation (if there is
such a thing, it's been many years since I studied generators)?
scott s.
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