Alternator drain

[Tom Cloud]

Fred, 'splain this me ..... sssslowly

>My Humvee has two alternators, well, actually and alternator and a generator
>attached to the engine block, the alternator runs the vehicle normally, and
>the generator provides a seperate feed to all the lights, stereo, and
>anything that's not "mission critical" to the operation of the vehicle.
>
>Fred

lessee .... both provide pulsating DC.  One just uses rectifiers
and the other doesn't.  Both have regulated outputs (both current
and voltage, I assume).  So why not use both the same type???

Tom Cloud <cloud at peaches.ph.utexas.edu>