fusible link questions

[Greg Hermann]

>I have worked on a few of the 2 alternator Fords (1977era) . The shop manual
>shows one alternator for the moon roof and windshield de-icer. And one
>alternator for the 12 volt systems. The one alternator is indeed 110 volts
>but at 400 cycles 3 phase AC. It looks like all they did is leave off the
>diodes and full field the rotor. The people I talked to said they seldom
>failed. The windshield had 3 heating elements wired in a star configuration
>and the moon roof was a 3 phase motor star wound. To close  the moon roof 2
>phases were
>flopped just like a regular 3 phase motor.                   Don

Makes perfect sence, except that the frequency of the AC produced would
have varied with engine speed. Alternators are wound like a two pole motor,
so 3600 ALTERNATOR rpm would have given 60 cycle AC.

Regards, Greg
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	David A. Cooley [SMTP:n5xmt at bellsouth.net]
>> Sent:	Saturday, February 06, 1999 3:21 PM
>> To:	diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
>> Subject:	Re: fusible link questions
>>
>> At 12:45 PM 2/6/99 -0800, you wrote:
>>
>> >> >
>> >Ford used 2 alternators on some Lincolns; one was 110 volts and used for
>> >the rear window heater. What did they change in the alternator to do
>> this?
>> >
>>
>> Just the wiring...
>> You can buy a box that hooks up to the alternator on most cars that
>> provides 110VAC for running power tools remotely, while still charging the
>> battery.
>>
>> ===========================================================
>>            David Cooley N5XMT           Internet: N5XMT at bellsouth.net
>>      Packet: N5XMT at KQ4LO.#INT.NC.USA.NA   T.A.P.R. Member #7068
>>        I am Pentium of Borg...division is futile...you will be
>> approximated.
>> ===========================================================