Alternator used in a sentence

Alternator in a sentence as a noun

I'd venture to say that a tow truck's alternator should be enough to disengage the wheels.

I bought one years ago after dealing with a bad alternator and keep it in the trunk of my car; so much peace of mind.

' and vary the verbiage ... 'What happened to the alternator?

Where permanent magnets would be used, they use more coils, and thus can vary the strength of the magnetic fields, much like your car's alternator.

An alternator is kinda like a constant current source, for a given field winding current it'll squirt out a much higher current from the main windings.

Actually what about putting in a bigger alternator and stronger belts and having it charge some super capacitors?

You can use car alternator diodes for overvoltage protection.

A lot modern ships run a shaft generator which uses the power from the shaft turning the propellor to turn an alternator to make electricity.

You'd get results similar in a conventional car where the alternator failed: gradually dimming lights, then suddenly no engine power.

Last week I put a new alternator, starter and rear brake shoes in my older car for about 1/10th the price I was quoted, and it took me about 3 hours on a sunny Thursday evening after work.

I expect it to have a transmission, an alternator, a radiator, etc. While I have no preferences for how those components are designed, I expect them to work, on the whole, as one would expect those types of components to work.

If you can swap out your wife's car alternator, install an electrical outlet in her sewing room, til up the garden and replace the kitchen faucet when it leaks she'll keep you around for many years and she will bake you cookies!It seems parts of our brains will always be primitive.

Much like how the battery in your car is a "starting" battery -- high current is needed only occasionally to start the engine, with the alternator making up the demand the rest of the time.¹ Dad used to work for Union Carbide, which owned the "Eveready" brand at the time.