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6. Pressing the
key at any moment will exit and return back to the
main menu screen. (Fig.54)
11.0
– Alternator Test
An alternator is the device used to produce the electricity the car needs to run
and to keep the battery charged. The alternator uses the principle of
electromagnetic induction to produce voltage and current. The four main parts
of the alternator are the Rotor, Stator, Diode Pack, Voltage Regulator and an
Ammeter or Indicator Light to inform the driver of any problems. All of these
parts must be in good working order for the alternator to do its job.
The Rotor is a coil of wire wound around an iron core. The Rotor rotates as the
alternator shaft rotates and current passes through brushes. The Rotor
winding passes the Field current. This causes the Rotor to produce a magnetic
field. So basically the Rotor is a rotating electro magnet.
The Stator is a set of three windings fixed to the case of the alternator and
these windings are static i.e. they don‟t rotate. As the Rotor rotates its
magnetic field “cuts” each Stator winding in turn, this induces a current in each
winding. The outputs from the Stator windings are 120 degrees apart and are
alternating current (AC).
But vehicles run on DC current, so we need something that will convert the AC
current to DC current. This is the job of the diode pack. A diode is an electrical
one-way check valve that will let current flow in only one direction. The typical
diode pack uses four diodes to accomplish this. AC current is feed in on one
side of the diode pack and DC current comes out the other side. The diode
pack here will rectify the alternating 3 phases from the Stators and combine
them into a single Direct Current which also works the dash ammeter or
indicator light.
Now that we have a DC current that the vehicle can use, we need a way to
control that current. That is the job of the voltage regulator. As the name
implies, it regulates the voltage going to the battery. It does this by turning
current to the field (stator) terminal of the alternator on and off.