Re: [Descriptions] was: [RANT] Trusting Mechanics (diagnosis)

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

Alternators have built in voltage regulators. Generators dont.

>RoccoPhil wrote:
>
><snip>
>
> >  My alt
> > (Germans still call them generators, which is technically true)
> > has 250k on it with a few replaced regulators.
> >
> > -PK
> >
>
>Hmmm,
>
>I had an air cooled K. Ghia and IT had a Generator.
>All my water cooled cars have had Alternators. There seemed to be some
>definable difference between the two that escapes me at the moment.
>
>
>TBerk
>
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Chris DeLong
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