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Old 11th July 2012 | 21:15
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Oldlae
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As I understand it, and I stand to be corrected, an alternator on a car produces AC which is rectified by the diode pack mentioned into DC to feed the battery etc. This system gives a better charge rate at lower revs than the old DC dynamos.
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