12-13-2007, 03:50 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Saint Regis Falls, NY, USA.
Posts: 3,892
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the guts of a generator is the stator winding, a wirewound rotor, two diodes [and a set of slip rings and brushes] if there is a regulator. a utility generator relies on residual magnetism in the iron punchings of the rotor. current and voltage rely on how the stator is wired. voltage and frequency are the results of prime mover speed. most units keep the voltage from about 120 volts to possibly 135 volts. if something should happen to the stator, a winding shorts out, the resultant voltage could spike up. if the coleman doesn't used a wound rotor then there is only a permanent magnet as the rotor.
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