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quote:Originally posted by purple04
SuGamer, all new cars have alternators. Generators were phased out when weight, output and RPM made them obsolete. Mostly by the mid-sixties. Generator has become a misused term, mainly due to GM still putting "GEN" on the idiot lights. Quick ID is if it has a steel shell with heavy magnets(like a starter), it's a generator. If it has an aluminum case and there is a split with windings in the center, it's an alternator. If there is a diode (actually 6) in it, It's an alternator. A motor uses external power, an engine develops internal power; how many of us still use "motor" for the gasoline engine?
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I understand your point, but according to Chrysler itself, all their cars use generators not alternators. According to them, they say the difference is that alternators are AC, and generators are DC. Just going by the posted info. [:I]
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