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From: David Lesher
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 04:03

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"Tom Del Rosso" <please-no.spam.tdnews@att.net> writes:

>> > I had no idea a car's regulator used a feedback path through the
>> > alternator.
>>
>>         It doesn't.  But it DOES monitor the system voltage, and at
>lower
>> voltages increases the field current.
>>
>>         Which isn't the same thing as a feedback loop THROUGH the
>alternator


>But it goes through *part* of the alternator, right?  That's still
>different from what I imagined for the voltage regulator.

Actually, there IS feedback through the engine.

See, some subcontacts with AC have a fast-idle cam; start the AC
and it raises the idle speed so the one-lung engine does not stall.

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Subject: Re: Best way to power array of LEDs?
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