Alternator Generator

alternator generator
An alternator generator?

I have been told that an alternator has to receive a charge before it will put out a charge and was wondering if this was true. I am making a DC generator from an alternator and a small engine and wanted to know this before I started.

This should explain it all.

http://theepicenter.com/tow082099.html

Permanent Magnet Alternator generator, part 1


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