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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:54:45 -0500
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To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net ("Rotary motors in aircraft")
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Racemate alt/water pump
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 I'll gladly trade that small drain for the simplicity of a 
generator, and I'll monitor my batteries carefully to account for it.
Ernest, The perm.mag. ALTERNATOR is an alternator. It doesn't use brushes and a commutator. There are/were excited field generators as well. The PM alternator uses a y winding and a diode grid to output dc just like a excited winding alt. Our system should put out charging voltage at or very close to idle. 
Bill