On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 08:34:54 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:

On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 07:28:05 -0800, Fred Abse
wrote:

On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:06:24 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote:

Well! Alternators _are_ current sources, but not for the reason Larkin
claims... no surprise ;-)

Are you referring to current limiting due to opposing flux cancellation?

No. An alternator is a transformer, just that the primary is
rotating. What do transformers transform? What is the mechanism?

...Jim Thompson


It's a transformer with a lot of leakage inductance.

John