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[Greg Hermann]

 but on many of the
>compact alternators tody, running them at close to capacity for any
>length of time (shorted battery, for instance) will fry the alternator -
>feilds or stator, or both.

Reasons why I think Leece-Neville's are worth the money!!

Ditto on the bearings!!

 If not, it can be replaced with a ceramic or rare earth
>> permenent magnet.
>>
>Which would produce a non-regulatable device. You would then require an
>active regulator to dissipate the extra power produced externally.

So just rewind the rotor (field) with more turns and higher grade
insulation (Class F, or even Class H if necessary) on the wire ! You COULD
use smaller gauge wire, so as to make more turns fit onto the existing
stator, cuz you ARE gonna have more volts available to push the required
current through the field coil. Ampere turns is what excites the stator to
a given level of voltage output at any given speed!!

Regards, Greg