09-13-2018, 11:13 PM
Okay this question has no real-world relevance to any bike I own or have owned, but is just out of curiosity. I've been watching old youtube videos on motors and alternators (I had hand surgery and won't be able to ride for three weeks and have to do something!), and am almost more confused than before I started. Anyway, how does the CB1100 alternator work?
Does it use a field coil in the stator? And what the heck is the purpose of a field coil, anyway? Does it have permanent magnets in the rotor or electro magnets? I know that older Hondas, at least, had a sort of slip ring arrangement on the end of the rotor to feed electricity into the coils on the rotor but what was the source of the electricity that flowed into the rotor? Was it AC or DC?
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Does it use a field coil in the stator? And what the heck is the purpose of a field coil, anyway? Does it have permanent magnets in the rotor or electro magnets? I know that older Hondas, at least, had a sort of slip ring arrangement on the end of the rotor to feed electricity into the coils on the rotor but what was the source of the electricity that flowed into the rotor? Was it AC or DC?
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