What is a Car's Charging System?

Question

What is inside a car's charging system, what does it consist of?
If i want to use it for a wind turbine project what would i need? How do i connect it? Thank you guys

Answer 1

Delco Remy wind generator already been done in the 1930's. Battery is storage device and alternatior is the generator device. GM alternator is easy three wires Power ground and exciter wire. Modern approch is a ducted fan on a pole in the wind. You will be limited to 12v and about 10 amps of AC current with a inverter only on windy days as an automotive alternator requites about two horsepower to turn at max output 100 amps and 13.8 volts into a loaded circuit or dead batery. The old delco remy was to power radio so farmers could listen to weather report from where the next dust storm was comming from.

Answer 2

A better way to go is to use the old type generator,it would be a lot easier.Call a alternator repair shop, they may let you borrow one.You will also need a voltage regulator and a 12 volt battery.Build your wind mill and have a belt pully behind the prop.you can get one from a water pump off a six or V8 American car.Next you would need a pully to go on the generator,and a v belt to connect the prop. pully to the generator.You can use a third pully to be the adjuster to keep the belt tight,or put the Generator on an adjustable bracket.You will have to play with pully size, to get the generator to turn fast as the mill prop turns.Hook up the battery small wire about size 8,or6.hot to gen,ner to ground on gen housing.If you want to regulate the current then you would run wires according to the markings on volt regulator,And you would either hook up a headlight or brake light in the system,and maybe a volt or amp meter.With the amp meter you would need a shunt,to measure amps. Any questions? You can try an alternator,but be sure it has an internal volt reg.Good Luck

Answer 3

The alternator consists of diodes, anodes, brushes, commutator, bearings, field windings, and a housing case.

You may want to drive an alternator with a belt to get 12 volts. By adding an inverter to the 12 volt charge you can wing up with 110 volts. You may need to experiment with pulley sizes because as an alternator produces electricity it produces a fair amount of mechanical drag. It would depend how large your wind turbine is.

Answer 4

Yes you could take the alternator off and charge a battery to help you have to set it up so to do that it needs to be in a bracket to hold it down, You could use wind to turn the alternator or even get an old generator from a older car/Truck , hope this helps

Answer 5

i hate to say this, but your question makes absolutely no sense.
if i were to guess the charging system is part of the air conditioning system where you would add or check the system. if you are talking about the turbo-charging system,
other than the engine, it would not be powerful enough to do any good to produce any significant energy.

Answer 6

a charging system has way more to it than you need to build a windmill... the better windmill using car parts dont even use the alternator or voltage regulator from the car.

they use the brake rotor and starter.

Answer 7

Basically it consists of the alternator and regulator.

You can buy "one wire" alternators where it is all built into one case.