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Re: [Spridgets] How can you kill an alternator

To: David Booker <tncarnut1@yahoo.com>, Spridgets net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] How can you kill an alternator
From: Larry Macy via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 11:39:50 -0500
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So how come my waring light comes on when at low RPM=E2=80=99s and I =
have a GM alternator?

Larry

> On Feb 2, 2015, at 11:17 AM, tncarnut1 via Spridgets =
<spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
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> If you're thinking that the output of an alternator varies with RPM, =
you are mistaken. That is the functional difference between an =
alternator and a generator. Generator output varies with RPM (why lights =
can go dimmer at idle on some cars), alternator does not. If I =
misunderstood your question, sorry.
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>  - David
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> Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S=C2=AE 5, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Trevor Jessie via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Date:02/02/2015 5:41 AM (GMT-06:00)
> To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Cc:
> Subject: [Spridgets] How can you kill an alternator
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> My real question is this :  assuming the bearings do not fail, how =
fast can you turn an alternator before it toasts something electronic?   =
Is there a huge margin, or are they engineered near their limited rpm?
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> -Trevor
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Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@upenn.edu
Senior IT Program Director
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104

The bottom line: Sure, there's pain in adopting the Mac. But if I accept
that, I get to use a computer that works, and that pretty much does what =
I
expect and want a computer to do.
Stewart Alsop
FORTUNE.com
Monday, June 25, 2001


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