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| | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 105 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 105 | I've heard through different circles that someone makes an alternator, that looks like an old school generator.
Basically a generator that puts out AC voltage with no external regulator, so you can have the benifits of an Alt, but the look of a Gen.
Does anyone know of such a beast? | | | | | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 273 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 273 | Here's one company. There's more out there, but I'm not sure how to find them.
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | Hold on to your billfold.
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,795 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,795 | That one should come with a quart of Vaseline as a required accessory! BOHICA!
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 273 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 273 | Sorry guys, that's the only EXAMPLE I could find. 
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 238 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 238 | I don't know about the particular alternator in that weblink, but these disguised alternators are available from lots of vendors. They do seem to have earned a reputation for failing when they're run at reasonably high outputs though, probably because the cooling provided by the generator looking packaging isn't really up to the new alternator style output. The ones you're looking at may be fine, but it's a lot of money to spend to be disappointed if you get one of the others.
Stuart. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 105 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 105 | holy schnikies. That's a little rich for my blood! | | | | | Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,377 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,377 | I think Jegs or Summit sells one made by Power-Gen or something like that for about half of the one in the link above,I was thinking of putting a generator back on my 37 but the more I look at the alternators that look like generators I will keep the alternator and not open that side of the hood at shows. Those internal regulator alternators from the late 70s are so cheap. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4 | I put a power-gen on my 54. Got it in a divorce sale. I have no problems with it and everyone thinks I am running the original generator. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | | | |
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