[Spam] Re: [Ducati] Misc ponderings about regulators

[Garth Williams]

Gotcha, thanks.  Having rebuilt alternators I'm familiar with the 
second, but didn't realize (really just didn't think it through) that 
the ducati system was that different.


Garth

MS&F wrote:
> Very simplified version:
>
> A shunt regulator monitors the maximum voltage in the charging system and
> when it exceeds a set value, "dumps" the extra current into a bank of
> resistors.  Your bike has one set of stationary windings that are excited by
> a rotating magnet on the flywheel.  This means that the windings receive
> maximum excitation and are working at max all the time.  Any energy produced
> that is not required by lighting, battery charging etc is disposed of as
> heat.
>
> The alternator on your car has two sets of windings, a stationary set in the
> alternator body and a rotating set on the shaft.  The rotating set receives
> a variable DC voltage at low current from the regulator, exciting the
> stationary windings top produce the AC charging curent.  The output can
> therefore be adjusted precisely according to the system's requirements at
> any time.
>
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