Kevenergy
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I've become Very interested in 3 Phase ever since Learning, after40 Years, that All Vehicle Alternators are 3 Phase AC Power Producers with Full Wave Bridge Rectifiers. I have Two THIRTY Year Commercial Union Electrician Friends Who, WITH ALL OF THEIR Combined, VERY SUBSTANTIAL Experience as Commercial Electricians Didn't Know that Either !!!
Question: Why do all 3 Phase Alternators seem to have 14 Contacts or Poles on the Armature, which in no way Divides into 360 Degrees Evenly, even if divided in two for 7 Pairs N/S Poles each ??? Are the 2 Extras for Staggering or Lead / Lag Time ? I know they're not to Energize the Rotor or Field Windings, because the ones I've seen have 2 Separate Slip Rings Constant to Two Poles to The Rotor for DC to Energize the Electromagnetic Field and Controlled by The Voltage Regulator and is separate & independent of going through the Armature. Please Advise, and Thank You Very Much !!! -Kevin.
Question: Why do all 3 Phase Alternators seem to have 14 Contacts or Poles on the Armature, which in no way Divides into 360 Degrees Evenly, even if divided in two for 7 Pairs N/S Poles each ??? Are the 2 Extras for Staggering or Lead / Lag Time ? I know they're not to Energize the Rotor or Field Windings, because the ones I've seen have 2 Separate Slip Rings Constant to Two Poles to The Rotor for DC to Energize the Electromagnetic Field and Controlled by The Voltage Regulator and is separate & independent of going through the Armature. Please Advise, and Thank You Very Much !!! -Kevin.
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