Re: SL2 "generator" output

>
>An alternator is a generator. Both the old style generator with a commutator
>and
>an alternator with slip rings are electrical generators. Alternators produce
>alternating current which is rectified into direct current (usually
>internally).
>So I think trying to bust somebody for calling an alternating current
>generator a
>generator is a little too picky.

Yes - but the difference is a generator generates electricity without
energizing the field. In other words, take 2 cars, one with a generator, one
with an alternator. Take the battery out of each. Roll down a hill and pop the
clutch in 3rd gear. The car with the generator will start, while the car with
the alternator will not.

While one may be a form of the other, they are different things, at least in
this circumstance.