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Do modern car/boat alternators use PFC circuits?
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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