| There is this miraculous thing created for car | | | | like the car. |
| batteries to work their wonders. It is the | | | | The Acura Alternator is used to charge the |
| alternator, the part that is responsible for | | | | battery and to power the car's electric system |
| antagonizing the power charge from the battery | | | | when its engine is running. Alternators have the |
| to the car. But first, here is a little peek under the | | | | great advantage over direct-current generators |
| hood to better understand how alternators work. | | | | of not using a commutator, which makes them |
| An alternator is an electromechanical device that | | | | simpler, lighter, less costly, and more rugged than |
| converts mechanical energy to alternating current | | | | a DC generator. The stronger construction of the |
| electrical energy. Most alternators use a rotating | | | | Acura Alternators allow them to turn twice as |
| magnetic field but linear alternators are | | | | fast as the engine, improving output when the |
| occasionally used. In principle, any AC generator | | | | engine is idling. The availability of low-cost |
| can be called an alternator, but usually the word | | | | solid-state diodes from about 1960 allowed auto |
| refers to small rotating machines driven by | | | | manufacturers to substitute alternators for DC |
| automotive and other internal combustion engines, | | | | generators. |