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Old 11-30-2001, 09:58 PM
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How do they work and how do RPM affect the amps and volts that it puts out?
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Its a magnet surrounded by copper wire. When it spins (which is dependent of engine rpm), it produces electricity. They are much more complicated now, but that is the just of it.
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how do the rpm's affect teh output though?
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The higher the rpm, the more power produced.
So they must be hugely over-built to be able to produce ample power from idle, or they must have some kind of mechanism (gears or something) to adjust the rpms of the magnet. I really dont know
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Old 12-05-2001, 07:41 PM
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ok i wasn't sure if anyone would but i was just asking. I have a odd idea that im working on. as long as i remember ill tell u guys later about it.
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