This book is the ultimate reference source for understanding your alternator. If your planed journey takes you well off the beaten track then this book may prove indispensable. Heaps of sketch drawings help one to understand what's going on and the section on the various makes and brands of alternators can be really helpful in foreign countries.

Softback  181 pages

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"What's not in this book about alternators just isn't worth knowing. The splitting up of all the sections makes the subject as easy to understand as it's ever likely to get." Phil

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1. Introduction
2. Names: Generator-Alternator, Differences
3. Coils and Magnets
4. Why not permanent Magnets
5. Of Rotor Poles and Stator Coils
6. The Stator
7. Alternating Current
8. Three Phase Alternating Current
9. Intermediate Summary
10. Rectifying Diodes
11. The Three Phase Rectifying Circuit
12. Rectifying Diodes : Mechanical
13. Auxiliary Diodes
14. Isolating Diode
15. Voltage Regulators
16. Type P and Type N
17. Excitation
18. Battery
19. Wiring Diagrams, Schematics
20. Voltage Regulator Testing : in Operation
21. Test Regulator Separately
22. Voltage Regulator and Battery Charging
23. Voltage Regulator Setting
24. Manual Alternator Controls
25. Specific Voltage Regulators
26. Repairs, Troubleshooting
27. Alternator output test, Field Current Test
28. Voltage Regulator Setting Test
29. Testing Alternator off Engine
30. Disassembling The Alternator
31. Emergency Repairs
32. Alternator Dimensions
33. Alternator File
34. Index