On Thursday, 17 November 2016 19:06:31 UTC, charles wrote:
In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 17/11/16 18:47, NY wrote:
tabbypurr wrote in message
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On Thursday, 17 November 2016 18:28:43 UTC, charles wrote:
'cos car electrics are dc

Except for Ford model T.

Is there any fundamental reason why early pre-electronic car electrics
were DC and not AC?

Yes.

to go further, the car electrics rely on a battery - this inherantly a DC
device.

Quite so. The Ford T had nothing powered by the battery bar the trembler coil, and its ac system was unable to charge the battery. In fairness with no electric starter, and no load bar briefly the trembler coils at start time, it didn't need much charging, so plugging it in on occasion was workable.


NT