His own alternator may be a bigger threat to him than any single driver.
This drives the piston back and forth so that it acts as an alternator, generating electricity.
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Current regenerative braking systems use an alternator or electric motor connected to a battery pack.
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However, there's no evidence the alternator problem and the fire are linked, cruise line spokesman Vance Gulliksen said.
However, there's no evidence the alternator problem and the fire are linked, cruise line spokesman Vance Gulliksen said Tuesday.
Every bike has a total amount of electrical power generated by the alternator.
He'd just returned from a trip to the bush, where a bad alternator had left him stranded miles from the nearest town.
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The capacitor will power electrical components such as the air conditioning and stereo, which are normally powered by an alternator connected to the engine.
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Carnival spokesman Vance Gulliksen acknowledged the Triumph's recent mechanical woes, explaining that there was an electrical problem with the ship's alternator on the previous voyage.
In electric cars and hybrids like the Prius, the electric motor that drives the wheels is likewise made to run backwards as an alternator during braking.
Three times this season, a Red Bull car has been undone by a faulty alternator, including last weekend when it forced Mark Webber out of the race.
He checked to see if the battery terminals were dirty, tested the spark plugs and the alternator, inspected the grounding bolts for signs of a short circuit.
They also had their starter-alternator combinations in the hybrid Chery taxis that have run in Beijing since about a year prior to the start of the Olympics.
This week in Brazil, Red Bull's engine manufacturer Renault will have the cars running with a new-specification alternator, even though the team especially chose the older one last week.
AEA's system gets round this by employing an alternator that operates at 42 volts, and has, as a consequence, an efficiency rate of 90% rather than the usual 50%.
So, although the souped-up alternator adds 1% to CO2 emissions in its own right, its inventors claim it improves overall fuel efficiency by about 6%, cutting CO2 emissions in proportion.
It's an extreme case but it highlights a very real dilemma for every neophyte collector who's thinking about hiring an art adviser: Are you putting yourself in the hands of someone who's going to treat your walls the way a shady auto mechanic treats your alternator?
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