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Do modern car/boat alternators use PFC circuits?
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calexanian:
Just pulled a alternator from a 97 ford apart. Still just three rectifiers.
Circlotron:

--- Quote from: calexanian on November 18, 2019, 09:15:22 pm ---Just pulled a alternator from a 97 ford apart. Still just three rectifiers.

--- End quote ---
Are you looking at the three small diodes that feed the rotor with excitation current? There should also be six big diodes on two separate heatsinks.

Something like this:

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