How Much Voltage Can Alternators Generate? Using a 60k PSI Waterjet

[@FreddyFunderbunz]

Oh dang. When did y'all get a waterjet?

[@1TakoyakiStore]

They've got nothing to do until their replacement air cannon gets delivered. 😉

[@readysteadywhoa]

I thought that was a little too convenient that they had the exact tool required for their experiment...

[@alexsnider5209]

Please be joking

[@NicholasRoge]

I wasn't even wearing headphones and my ears are ringing after that.

[@danieldifeo3699]

Its called the waterjet channel

[@jag1497]

That alternator will be producing AC current unless there is a rectifier built into it!!

[@cousinles80]

I know and they probably had the meter set to DC so that is going to give a bad reading as well.

[@jdman1930]

Motorcraft alternators like the one they used have internal rectifiers.

[@Neotype33]

And prob regulates to 6 volts as he claimed it's a 6v alternator.

[@TheDiosdebaca]

Full bridge rectifier!!!

[@felixar90]

They do have rectifiers built into them. They're also self-excited, which is why they have a rectifier built into them. They however do need an external DC source to generate the initial field, usually provided by the battery... Some alternators like the ones in portable generators manage to black-start using only the remanent magnetic field in the iron core, but I guess this isn't the case here. Oh They figured it out

[@martin09091989]

U have to regulate the field windings! If you loop the output directly into the field windings u dump all the output power into the field windings and it boggs itself down!

[@PH_78]

...and probably burn the diodes by doing that... It would probably work better by just keeping the battery for field and no loop-back wire.

[@andrewsmart2949]

bullshit it only takes a couple of amps to max out field windings

[@makingithappen9722]

The biggest question, of course, is. Where did you find a 6V alternator?

[@TJrcTX]

Many older forklifts/industrial equipment run on 6 volts

[@stepdadbarneswestshop2800]

It’s an old ford one Craigslist find

[@RadDadisRad]

Probably from a old snowcat

[@edwindominguez2548]

Not sure but that might be a 1g ford alternator

[@jamest.5001]

It's just the regulator, you can buy the internal regulator set at 6 or 8v

[@damianb165]

I'm glad you researched how to get it to work. As a Mechanic I knew you needed power innitaly for the electromagnetic. But most Yt would have just not bothered.

[@Jacobsen-ij9hn]

While I was installing a new alternator on my tractor I incorrectly wired it and when I tested it at idle it was producing over 105volts

[@austinmcdermott8859]

Jacobsen1450 that’s crazy man, I hope there was a ground wire.👍😄

[@adam207321]

Very interesting to see a very low rpm engine produce such high voltage xD

[@paco_rider]

Now you are supercharging your tractor

[@Jacobsen-ij9hn]

Paco_bl hahahahaha, Nice one!!

[@adam207321]

You could power a fridge compressor with it and use that to compress more air into your engine. Should be fun xD

[@littlebacchus216]

Every time you guys asked for suggestions on what to do I asked for this... So happy you got it hooked up and I even learnt something YAY!!!

[@JDumbroski]

Little Bacchus This was one of my favorite videos! There was so much to learn and it was really fun to watch!

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

Cool demonstration! The reason the headlights exploded was because the alternator was at a much higher speed (freewheeling) before the excitation kicked in and changed all that kinetic energy to electrical energy. Once the alternator starts "feeding its self" without a voltage regulator, there will be excess field current. This will cause the alternator to over-excite and produce a lot of drag and slow down. The greater the speed at the moment this happens, the higher the peak voltage will be. The heavy load of the headlight bulbs prevented the alternator from self-exciting until the speed was insanely high. Once it happened, it was a massive release of flywheel momentum from the alternator into the electrical system. With the no-lights test, the alternator was able to self-excite at a much lower speed because all the residual voltage was devoted to the field winding. If you want to produce the highest pulse of power, you would need to have a switch between the field terminal and the positive power circuit. Allow the alternator to spin up to the highest RPM you can create; then close the switch connecting the field terminal to the positive circuit. This should produce a very fast deceleration of the alternator but during this time, the voltage will be quite high.

[@msnapp169]

You have to send power to one of the terminals to turn the alt on so it will output power

[@timramich]

It needs power to generate a field so it will make more power.......................

[@redsquirrelftw]

Yeah I was thinking that too but they figured it out. And think the reason the voltage skyrocketed at first was due to lack of battery. Even with a normal car setup and not trying to spin it crazy fast, never try to run it without the battery as you will get a voltage spike too.

[@phirzcol]

@@redsquirrelftw that boost at first was the production of the field. The two magnetic fields move across each other when created. Once the light filament got hot, the amperage draw would shoot up as it heated. Until it stabilized draw. And the final piece would be the magnetic resistance in the alt slowing it's rotation as a function of torque resisting the water jet. But hey. I'm high.

[@rossbrumby1957]

The field wire is supposed to have a light bulb inline going to the positive.(or anything that uses power, really) was taught this by a mechanic when I first wired a buggy. Think without the bulb is akin to a dead short maybe, hence the loaded up alternator using f.a. power.

[@JimGriffOne]

Trouble with alternators is that you need to charge the field coil so it can start to produce current flow, otherwise it'll just spin freely. The reg pack usually puts a varying voltage to the field coil, changing it accordingly to regulate the voltage on the output. _EDIT: Just got to that part of the video now._

[@jamest.5001]

The regulator limits voltage , reguardless of speed!

[@cousinles80]

They said the regulator was removed. My question is if it was removed then it would be putting out AC current not DC because the regulator also is a rectifier.

[@heavymetalweld805]

You spelled regulator right but regardless you screw up? Lol

[@milfhunter310compton]

This looks like a Ford 1G alternator, they dont have an internal regulator.

[@another1commenter770]

@@cousinles80 In automotive alternators the rectifier is internal. Lawn and garden, motor cycle, micro industrial and some marine gear commonly use a rectifying regulator that is external to the current producer. The series of alternator is a motorcraft 1G a star wound 40amp alternator with a 6 diode rectifier and field to dynamo (positive) Configuration. The is also a slim chance its the higher output 60amp that included 2 more diodes on the neutral point junction but the 60a case from memory has the terminals coming out the side not rear.

[@Wazoo117]

@@another1commenter770 modern automotive alternators are my 91 ford came with an external rectifier

[@ClintBabb]

"You can tell by the way that they are" *That's pretty neat*

[@pkonneker]

"Let's shoot water at these bare wires!" Classic. Joking aside: You really do think of fun stuff to do.

[@stepdadbarneswestshop2800]

There’s way scarier things happening it didn’t cross my mind lol

[@Papperlapappmaul]

At such low voltages the only problem you might run into is corrosion due to electrolytic effects on the conductors over a longer period of time. You're not creating a short circuit nor risking electrocution.

[@sanderlofthus3220]

swiss true, I guess he isnt an electrician

[@joemedrano1970]

Plot twist: You had it spinning the wrong way

[@Skoog.]

It dosent matter , it will work anyway.

[@milesr5259]

El Stefaano some light don’t work light that

[@pAAirs]

@@milesr5259 So.. it starts sucking that light?

[@benupde1979]

Also the internal voltage regulator will only output the ~6V it’s set at. Also, you gotta power the exciter wire on a lot of these ‘1 wire’ alternators.

[@whereareyourparents2948]

i was coming to comment that had to check

[@jkalash762]

I got to say I really love your use of the metal strapping to hold the alternator down. That stuff works amazingly well for sketchy setups like this....lol

[@kjcorder]

good enough for hurricanes And stair stringers. good enough for securing sketchy experiments for youtube.

[@jkalash762]

@@kjcorder definitely, I've used it for so many quick fixes over the years and different projects and it's never let me down.

[@electronicsNmore]

Volt juice. 🤣 The very low voltage during the 1st test was due to residual magnetism in the alternator's rotor. You must have a 1-wire alternator connected to a battery(as you did later in the video) to supply power to the rotor, unless the rotor has permanent magnets installed.

[@WaterjetChannel]

finish watching the video...

[@electronicsNmore]

I did, noticed the 6v battery at the end.

[@emperorhadrian6011]

This is the weird vibe that when you're over at your friend who's parents fight's house and the one parent says something to the other.

[@scene24man]

I’m not a veterinarian, but I’m pretty sure that’s free electricity

[@leeneal6969]

just need a $50,000 water jet eh!

[@sellingthewind]

whats powering the water jet? :0)

[@blackbirdgaming8147]

sellingthewind shhh

[@MrFigureitout]

Ummm, water jet isn't running on that 6v alternator I don't think....

[@FreeStuffPlease]

@@leeneal6969 you probably could use a river instead. If someone patents and builds that they can probably make a bunch of $$

[@jkalash762]

When you guys said you were going to run the field wire off the alternator itself and it being non internally regulated I knew we were in for a nice surprise as soon as it got a signal to the field wire. Since it takes a second for the magnets to fully charge and your were jumping it on at like 60k or so rpm the voltage will skyrocket till the magnets can catch up. Having a ton of background in car electrical I pretty much knew what we were going to see but still doesn't take away from the entertainment of watching it all happen. One thing I really wish you guys would've done though is opened it up before and after to see what that kind of voltage did to the internals. I want to say it wouldn't be too extreme since it wasn't running for a really long time at those speeds and voltages but you never know.

[@SaintBeef69]

One of my favorite videos yet!! Imagine a hydro generator that's used in rivers and such to make power but put under the water jets speed. Wonder what it could power then!

[@ryanmickelwait1521]

They are set up to run at a certain speed. Running them faster won't do anything because you would need to design it for that.

[@chuckels431]

In the 60s they sold a device that would “full field” your alternator and disconnect it from the car electrical system so you could run your 120v universal motor power tools , drills, saws, etc.

[@aarons2613]

chuckels431 that’s pretty cool

[@goohio3954]

You are correct. I put 24 volts to the field on a 12 volt generator and got 140 volts DC out of it.

[@tsm688]

That's the neat thing about an alternator, you can regulate it by changing the current to the field coil. ...And here they plugged its field coil into itself, setting it up for a feedback loop which blew every diode

[@ThatBrubakerFellow]

When the alternator quit spinning it's like opening a circuit with an inductor in it. When you open a circuit with an inductor you get a massive voltage spike. If you rectify it then put a capacitor on ground you'll be fine as long as you stay within the voltage limits of your components. Edit: According another comment thread the power is already rectified. The alternator just needs a good ground.

[@accaliamurraymusic]

Aww I really wish you guys had hooked up an RPM gauge to it! That would have been fun to see

[@18436Melissa]

You need a tachometer signal wire, without the signal wire, it won't function.

[@redsquirrelftw]

I think what happens too is without a battery to add as a large current sink, sometimes the voltage will make it out before the regulator can "catch" it as it will have a bit of a delayed reaction. That's why it gets super bright at first and then it tapered off to it's max voltage. I too recently learned about field windings while bored and doing research. I had no idea alternators worked without magnets before that. It makes a lot of sense though, especially for AC alternators such as generators, because you can't regulate the voltage with speed as you need to keep frequency the same, so the way they do it is by regulating the field. Car alternators produce AC I believe, then it's rectified into DC. You could in theory convert one to produce a rather clean AC at a fixed frequency then regulate the field coil to get the voltage you want.

[@tsm688]

What regulator? This one had no regulator, even before they fried every diode. That what causes it to load internally later - being broken.

[@berserkerbenson4474]

Waterjet guys: "bass" You have new messages from: Davie504

[@krazykracken1159]

That guy is so annoying... to me at least.

[@АндрейГерц-р8м]

Slapp like now!

[@lawabidingcitizen5153]

@@krazykracken1159 He used to be a lot better, but the worst really is just the bulk of his community

[@mrchordstriker]

Your meter topped out at twenty volts. The exciting reality us, if it were set to read more, a huuuge voltage spike occurred. Quite possibly the horn capped the voltage at fourteen volts, unless something else in tour setup did. Great stuff I learned alot.

[@waynep343]

with that ford Alternator.. FLD is the positive brush for the rotor.. the case hooks to the negative battery .. the output hooks to the positive battery or load that the other side is hooked to the negative.. if you hook up the field or FLD to the positive you will max field the alternator.. and you should be able to get over 100 Volts without a battery or regulator hooked up.. but the diodes will usually short without a load.. the diodes will usually be either SIX of the 35A 100PIV or six of the 50A 200PIV diodes.. if you look at the STA terminal with the meter set to 200 VAC... you can see what the alternator is actually putting out.. that would be half the output voltage but in AC not DC.. that is the twisted end of the stator windings.. so there is no diode filtering out positive voltage above zero to the output stud and negative voltage below zero to the case.. alternator..

[@jamesslade2862]

You guys should get a clamp on ammeter and test the short circuit current of the alternator at full rpm. I wouldn't recommend using your handheld because there's a good possibility it'll blow the internal fuse, but it sure would be fun. Another fun thing you guys could do would be to connect it to a 12vdc to 120vac inverter and plug a phone into it to make a "water jet powered phone charger"

[@Mr.NiceGuy80]

The inverter idea is excellent! I kinda wonder how one of those little 12 volt air compressors would run on all that amperage.

[@joriskylie6857]

Glad you guys figured it out.

[@bluemtoo]

Listening to this vid on Raycons already. No lie, they are the best!

[@l.b8896]

These guys give Raycon the BEST adverts and Raycon outta recognize.

[@cpufrost]

An interesting experiment to try is to have it spinning at max speed unloaded and then directly short the output terminals! It will stop so abruptly that it will rip that plumbing strap off and that alternator will go flying! I did this years ago with 220 psi air in the shop, had the alternator clamped down really well in a vice, used a 9v battery to field it and dropped a screwdriver across the output. It was a GM/Delco 85A alternator. It sparked like crowbarring a big cranking battery and the damn thing shot out of the vice and punched a hole in the sheetrock on the other side of the garage! Was not expecting that and was lucky I didn't get seriously hurt! Definitely goes under the don't try at home rule for sure!

[@tsm688]

Could you lift it by that screwdriver afterwards?

[@cpufrost]

@@tsm688 LOL no but it was already magnetized.

[@tsm688]

@@cpufrost Remembering a screwdriver that got dropped into a power supply, it got welded to it

[@cpufrost]

@@tsm688 Yeah it would most likely been stuck to the stud but when the (alternator) got chucked with sudden force all bets were off. The screwdriver did have a nice chunk taken out of it though.

[@riverrat1149]

Was that alternator internally rectified? If not it was producing ac which would explain why the bulbs got so mad. Fun as always.

[@timehunter9467]

As soon as I saw the first setup, I knew that run would fail. They have an input so going through the rpm range of the engine it can be producing the same power by lowering/raising input. Clever piece of kit really.

[@lemau8458]

ok mr know everything

[@timehunter9467]

@@lemau8458 Took a 2 year college course, it’s why my friends asked me what was wrong with their cars 🤦‍♂️

[@lemau8458]

@@timehunter9467 ok mr know everything

[@arande3]

For all of you asking, I calculated the alternator RPM at 11,520 for the first run and under load it was fluctuating between 3000 and 5000.

[@deltab9768]

How? By the sound? Or was it based on pressure or output voltage or something? Just curious.

[@arande3]

@@deltab9768 Yes, 1000RPM = 16.6hz

[@JoshStLouis314]

"This is the doot doot" made me lose it

[@Michigan_Tactical]

Ok so another lesson, the 12 volt lights running at 6 volts will try to draw double the amperes. For an example, a 60 watt bulb. 12v x 5 amps equals 60w. But 6v x 10 amps equals 60 watts. The more amps you draw from the alternator the harder it is to turn. So if you did in fact get it to spin at 60k rpm, it only did it when it was unloaded.

[@FlynBrian]

This would work so much better if you applied some voltage to the alternator's field terminal. Alternators need electrical current to energize the alternator's field winding before they can generate anything. You need to add a battery into this design and apply 6 V to the field terminal and then spin the alternator up

[@squarebodychevylover968]

That dudes beard is so long that I didn’t realize he was talking 😂

[@elcuhhh8761]

Just ordered my water jet off amazon. Can’t wait to try this experiment

[@DuffMan1024]

Thank you for the headphone warning!

[@dozer1642]

I’m so glad you figured out that the alternator won’t work without a battery. I didn’t want to have to say it.

[@michaelhelgeland4588]

Dozer1642 But you did.

[@danieldunham6883]

This is the most genuine KZbin channel.

[@indyjons321]

Those knife blank sheets look pretty cool. Wonder if they'll get turned into an art project?

[@thog6374]

Good thing I listened to the headphone ad with my AirPods

[@imtrash1228]

Me in the morning after a night at taco bell: 2:23 - 2:24

[@jamesh9241]

Are you aware that the alternator is supposed to spin clockwise.

[@martin09091989]

It doesn't matter, that's an AC alternator, those have a 3 phase bridge rectifier build in. What's more important is to regulate the field windings, if u dump over 6V in those field windings they just turn into heaters and the field won't get much stronger. That's why it bogges down so hard without much of a load.

[@RadDadisRad]

And the bridge rectifiers job is to cut the negative waveform off of the pattern to convert AC electricity to DC electricity. That square waveform is why LED lights on cars flicker when viewed through a video camera.

[@josephsvensson6637]

@@RadDadisRad LED lights flicker regardless because they are typically run using PWM regulation which basically turns it on and off faster than we can see, the shutter speed of the camera however makes it possible to see it.

[@cslimfu336]

Impressive on how such smart people, don't know how something so simple works.

[@ryansmithza]

Usually I stop watching if the video title is pure click bait, but I knew this would be good so I kept watching! I wasn't disappointed! 😂🤣👌👍

[@MooseKnuckleMike]

Field stands for the field winding within the motor

[@RichardAmmo1]

That was a good little experiment! I was afraid the water was going to short everything out!

[@mealex303]

My first pair of wireless earphones where so long it looked like i had hiking poles for hearing aids?? 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@Cammi_Rosalie]

In the beginning of the test, I was like, "That's not a self-exciter. " but you figured that out.. That's cool, but you're running it backwards. Spin it the other way. (Clockwise)

[@kleetus92]

Direction only matters for cooling.

[@lemonke8132]

This is the content i need. I love the science vids

[@sashimiturtle]

The reason you blew the three bulbs wad there alternator didn't have any excitation, therefore there was no resistance and it was spinning as fast as there water jet could push it. Once you'r built up enough voltage and energized the field, the alternator is spinning so fast it puts out a crazy amount of electricity. Once it begins making electricity the load on the alternator goes up and its speed slows down causing the voltage to also come down.

[@redengineer4320]

All this work to reinvent the water wheel. I love it.

[@kstricl]

The trick with just connect the output to field, apparently doesn't work with new alternators. Why? The iron within the assembly will actually become slightly magnetic after it's been run for a while, and be able to self excite. It's an old school trick to throw an old chevy 3-wire alternator onto a tractor being converted to 12v from an old generator setup, and just do exactly like you guys did, rather than run extra wiring to a new ignition switch.

[@randybehrmann5454]

That is a 55A 12V alternator. I don't know why they think that it's a 6V. It's marked on the side of the case.

[@kathleen6902]

Miss you guys😢

[@crazypete3759]

wire the field only to the external battery. remove the jumper. the field is meant to run at 6 volts so when the alternator starts producing more voltage the current draw goes up a lot and thats why it bogs down so much. you should be able to get much higher voltages this way.

[@straycat2253]

Once you figure it out it was badass 👍👍👍👍!

[@austinmcdermott8859]

I really enjoyed this video 👍 keep them coming. I hope to see more crazy eBay stuff like the rocks with crystals on the inside,and maybe some more fossils.

[@e-racer4673]

If I’m not mistaken I think you’re turning it backwards On anything I have ever worked on which is a whole Lotta shit it always turns clockwise. You can get an alternator with a built-in regulator. A lot of race cars or hot rods run them. Also cool headlight from a 1998 to a 2002 Camaro 👍🏻

[@randybehrmann5454]

Alternators don't care what direction that they spin. The create A/C current that is rectified into D/C current.

[@Jack-hg1hq]

a generator is usually another name for a dynamo which can also have field coils or permanent magnets, in a car the regulator changes the current going to the field coils which intern makes more or less power.

[@asherdie]

Generator is produces DC, direct current. Alternators produce AC, alternating current. Magic pixies do something and 12v DC comes out. You can get 3 phase power out of an alternator.

[@thomasesr]

Interesting to see when it tries to alternate the current (the magnetic field colapses because it doesn't have a voltage bias from the battery to keep it stable) and the voltage turns positive for a moment. You should have fed the alternator loopback with a Diode in series to try and keep it stable.

[@DCDLaserCNC]

The beard game is really strong with Anthony!

[@kerlrock]

well it's kinda interesting if they can sucessfuly upgrade this i wanna see it on ay running water, then generating electricity. amazing experiment.

[@Mikej1592]

ROFL you guys are the masters of efficiency!

[@clarencesmith9580]

FYI you need to energize the alternators voltage regulator before you get it to make power, unless your using a marine one wire alternator.

[@TheHearseAroundJimThorpe]

I’m pretty sure that you were running the alternator backwards because you can see on the multimeter it showed negative every time. the headlights light up because polarity doesn’t matter on on those old ones. But the horn didn’t work and that’s why.

[@ThriftStoreHacker]

If you run it long enough with no load and the field energizing itself it will either fry the rectifier or melt the coils, basically it turns into a heater, then a doorstop. You should get jumper cables and some DC welding rod, itshould be more than enough power.

[@dodgeguyz]

I never knew I needed to know this? Thanks!!!

[@CorvetteAustin24]

I love this kind of content, so great!

[@UNSATURATEDTWIX]

Here's my automotive knowledge speaking: firstly, I'm not sure if you're measuring AC or DC with the voltmeter. Also, with many alternators, they have what Is called an excitor, which is a very small DC power supply given to the rotor in order to amplify the magnetic field of said rotor, into the stator (copper windings). It takes magnetic power to effectively move electrons. If someone disagrees with this, feel free to reply!

[@UNSATURATEDTWIX]

Now that I actually watched the video fully 😂 I hope this at least gives a better understanding lmao

[@DDFJ1230]

I have some Raycon earbuds and they are literally the best ever!

[@fortheprofit2186]

I do believe an alternator needs a voltage in the field winding to produce voltage unless it's a permanent magnet type

[@primodernious]

you can make that thing put out like 300 volts or more by feeding much lower voltage input to the field winding. the speed will generate the voltage on the output. that alternator problaby is capable of producing at least 15 kw at a high enough speed.

[@Knaeckebrotsaege]

considering the horn was actually going as soon as the multimeter read anything, i bet it somehow internally regulated what the alternator could spit out. if the horn wasn't connected in the last test, i bet it would've gone nuts (till the diode pack to make the alternator spit out DC instead of AC failed at least)

[@excavatorfun6265]

wow lots of clueless in this video and the people commenting , alternators work fine either spinning direction, the only thing the direction affects is the cooling fan , and not all generators have magnets , most have field coils like alternators ,the difference is the power is produced in the rotor in a generator.And if you only have the battery hooked to the field coils its isolated from the charging circuit so its fine being hooked up

[@mattchew5014]

Spinning alt in reverse just gets a negative voltage. Just gonna leave that there. This was a great experiment tho I did enjoy. Try a 12v alt next time and see what kinda voltage you guys can get. Maybe try to power some 24v stuff.

[@johnnz4375]

Matt Morrison , where did you get that idea from about the reversing voltage ? It’s an ac generator with an rectifier. So it doesn’t matter what way its spins.

[@mestupkid689]

You should revisit this with an externally regulated 12v alternator

[@trcostan]

20v won’t make a halogen headlight explode. That meter isn’t going to show a pulse, pulsing the field coil under super high rpm will give you a huge inductive spike of 1000’s of volts and and the momentum will drive it with substantial current. The question is how much of that would really be sent to the lamp through the diodes? The proper tools would be an oscilloscope with a 100x probe.

[@flubber6667]

The car guy didn’t catch it spinning the wrong way if you watch the meter it’s not a negative

[@MusicFurler]

Some clueless people may call this free energy. Well, it would be if you weren't paying the electric bill to run the water jet.

[@JM-yx1lm]

Actually i have read through the comments and have not found 1 comment calling it that. Did you just make that up? Is that a comment you frequently copy/paste around the web?

[@redsquirrelftw]

My city keeps raising the water bill, I pay $100/mo for water now. It's crossed my mind to hookup a tesla turbine to my water supply and just let'r rip and power an alternator to make some power. May as well get my money's worth! About 80PSI coming out of a 1/2" line... not sure how much watts of energy to expect from that and I'm not good at math.

[@MusicFurler]

@@JM-yx1lm I just wrote this for the video. I don't troll comment sections it's just an observation.

[@MusicFurler]

@@redsquirrelftw In the UK most houses have water meters so we pay for what we use. But if you're serious get a wind turbine or solar, water turbines are are only really useful for constant water flow like rivers.

[@redsquirrelftw]

@@MusicFurler This would be constant flow. We pay flat rate, and it's super expensive, so may as well get "free" electricity out of it. :D

[@battleaxefabandmachine]

The field coil is saturating when the voltage spikes and then it causes the drop. If you could control the input voltage and keep it at 7 volts or so it would keep it from saturating the field coil

[@tsm688]

I think when you blew the headlight, you also blew every diode in the alternator, which is why it worked not so great afterwards

[@redacted3911]

Best channel on KZbin.

[@WaterjetChannel]

you tell that to all the girls

[@LordDragox412]

@@WaterjetChannel Is... is that why they call him Redacted? Because he tried to do a lick test on them...? D:

[@TheMeanestGuy]

I am actually listening to this on raycons. They are dope, get them! They are worth the investment

[@andronatroncoulomb9299]

(Separately excited alternator/generator) Controlling the field strength will control the output voltage.

[@plateaupowerwashing7299]

You should run a wire straight to the brushes bypassing the regulator then it'll put out more volts. I used to make welders out of alternators and I could get 100-150 volts out of them.

[@rossbrumby1957]

Hope you didn't shell out for the 6v car battery, you could have used a $3 dolphin torch battery. Also, try again with a light bulb wired inline on that field wire- a mechanic taught me that when I wired my first buggy. It could be why the alternator was loaded up still even after the bulbs blew.

[@JasonVladimir]

Good show, thanks for sharing!

[@CyclingSteve]

I learned something, that is not why I subscribed to this channel! :(

[@smeezekitty]

Does the alternator have a built in rectifier? If it doesn't, you need to put the meter on AC. It may be producing way more voltage than you think.

[@johnnz4375]

smeezekitty , an alternator is basically a 3 phase generator with a 3 phase rectifier built in.

[@MrRahimhosein]

I knew it right away. You need to energize the alternator before it can make power. It needs a voltage source

[@heyoldman2003]

I think they spun it the wrong way . it should spin clockwise .. right ? And there was a minus sign before the numbers on the meter .just my two bits worth . 😎 great shows 👍🏼👍🏼

[@notbuyingit8047]

Definitely good idea to use a Camaro headlight for mullet science

[@Fluxkompressor]

The Sound it is making is about 1800 Hertz divided by 12 fins of the fan you get 150 revs per second or 9000rpm

[@bryanp.1327]

I feel like a complete idiot now, all these years I never realized an alternator is not a generator. It has the form of one, the belt drives it like one, so it felt natural to assume it was one.

[@SIXPACFISH]

Did you hear that WatchJRGo was LS swapping a Rolls Royce to enter in the Cleetus and Cars burnout challenge in Houston TX? I was wondering if you could cut a hole in the bottom of a Gray Poupon mustard jar, so he could put a nut in the bottom and fill it with mustard colored resin to use as a shifter knob?