On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 08:03:34 -0800, "Tarver Engineering"
wrote:


"RU ok" wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:28:52 -0800, Jim Weir wrote:

snip of senile old fool

You mean the alternator on my car isn't
three phase furnishing DC to charge the battery"?

Yes, it is.

It is a 3 phase AC machine - the rectifiers make DC - which is DC no
mater how you slice it and dice it, and no matter what you roll it in.