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| luiHS:
You had a black and white TV, you remember the day Elvis died and when the movie Grease was released. |
| TimFox:
You meet the first younger employee at work who was not alive when JFK was shot. (I've been old for a long time.) |
| NiHaoMike:
--- Quote from: tpowell1830 on July 08, 2021, 08:05:28 pm ---When you remember cars that had generators instead of alternators. If they were giving you trouble on the road, for a quick fix you could take a screwdriver and press in on the brushes to get better charging (and make sparks). --- End quote --- Alternators have had brushes as well. The first use of a brushless alternator/starter in a mass produced car dates back a little over 20 years ago with the Honda Insight. |
| coppice:
--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on July 10, 2021, 02:53:26 pm --- --- Quote from: tpowell1830 on July 08, 2021, 08:05:28 pm ---When you remember cars that had generators instead of alternators. If they were giving you trouble on the road, for a quick fix you could take a screwdriver and press in on the brushes to get better charging (and make sparks). --- End quote --- Alternators have had brushes as well. The first use of a brushless alternator/starter in a mass produced car dates back a little over 20 years ago with the Honda Insight. --- End quote --- The alternator ones are pressing on slip rings, so they don't usually spark. |
| Gyro:
You can stretch the springs on alternator brushes too to make up for the minimal amount of remaining carbon. ;) |
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