Group: alt.energy.homepower
From: clare at snyder.on.ca
Date: Friday, August 31, 2007 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: Recuperate some of the heat from a group of showers

If you understand the single wire alternator you realize it can NOT
function without a battery. The "tickler" just turns on the solid
state regulator which feeds battery voltage to the field. When the
alternator stops turning, the "tickler" no longer has a signal so the
field current is shut off. I have yet to find a single wire alternator
(or any other kind) that will produce power into a load with no
battery attached. This is NOT to say they do not exist - but in almost
40 years of experience with automotive type alternators I have yet to
find one.

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