alt.energy.homepower

On Aug 30, 10:32 am, gearhead wrote:
> > Cars used to have permanenet magnet generators
>
> Which cars? Are you sure?>From what I know of antique vehicles with dc generators -- series-
>
> wound, with segmented commutators -- they did not use magnets. I
> speak from my experience with antique Harleys and GM trucks.
> The only vehicles I know use magnets are motorcycles, and they use

your experience needs to be corrected. yes they had commutators,
because the magnets were in the case, not the armature.

had some nice suckers in there, most autoshops pulled em out to use
for welding magnets