Electronics Fundamentals: Circuits, Devices & Applications
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780135072950
Author: Thomas L. Floyd, David Buchla
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 8, Problem 8TFQ
In an automotive alternator, the output current is taken from the rotor through slip rings.
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