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Re: Alternator W terminal
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 11/27/2004

Hi Humberto,

Some alternators provide a signal that can be used to indicate how fast the alternator is turning. The signal is a half-wave rectified output with an amplitude about one-half the DC output voltage.

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