09-25-2012, 11:07 AM
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Location: United States
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 149
Mein Auto: BMW
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Originally Posted by goat88
Well if you read the whole article on wikipedia regarding automotive alternators its says plain as day that they can self excite, the other "various sources" i used was to confirm that it was a true fact
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Alternators used in automobiles are not self exciting. You CANNOT start a vehicle with an alternator without a excitation. hornhospital is 100% correct. In fact, i'm not sure, but I believe on many BMW's they have a minimum voltage requirement set to start, otherwise it won't even let you try.
I'd like to see a video of a car with an alternator and manual transmission being push started without a battery or some power source.
Last edited by Bandem; 09-25-2012 at 11:09 AM.
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