re Re: 5ktq...batt keeps dying!

["Smith, Kirby A" <kirby.a.smith@lmco.com>]

Pcarselle <pcarselle@worldnet.att.net> wrote a lot of good stuff, except for
the following:

2.- The 14.5 volts that are referenced to are "peak values", the
rectified sinusoidal wave from the alternator drops to zero between
cycles, and when a level below battery voltage is reached (in every
cycle) the battery discharges.
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Most alternators of my acquaintance are three phase, and have overlapping
sinusoids.  The minimum is only a volt or so below the peak.

Sorry if this has been covered already.

                .... Kirby   (Kirby A. Smith)
                              2 x 1988 90q
                          New Hampshire USA