[Ducati] Misc ponderings about regulators

[T]

> I once read (but not sure) that manufacturers are beginning to build RR
> units using high-speed high-power semiconductor switchs and pulse width
> modulation to control the output voltage, instead of dumping the energy to
> some diodes.

That would be nice, but even at 0.1 Ohm switching resistance, that's a 3V 
drop at 30A, which means that charging will start at higher RPMs.

Tom