$260 little baby alternator! I can't really complain. I bought this used F- 2000 from a commercial cutter 38+/- years ago! It's spent a couple of hours at about 8' under water in my pond along with a lot of grass cutting, and just a tough old girl in general. Basically a little "B" model with the seat turned around.
Kinda like a magneto but for generating electricity. A “permanent magnet alternator” is another way to consider it. More akin to a 6-volt generator off an old John Deere B model or similar.
Not really an oops, but I put a new clutch disc in the chipper, flipped the knives, and adjusted the anvil. Crazy how you kind of forget how good it can chip Guess it’s kinda like the whole frog in boiling water concept. Not gonna win a beauty contest, but she’ll eat!
Okay so a simple explanation of the difference is...... A dynamo and generator are the same thing and can be permanent magnet or wound. They have commutators (segmented parallel bars) and produce DC directly. A alternator produces AC and is rectified to DC. It has slip rings ( continuous rings and brushes). A magneto has a generator, ignition coil and distributor all in a ready to eat package. Clear as mud. Edit, all this means nothing as it's terminology is mixed up like motors and engines.
always considered a motor to be electrical, ICE -powered by a fuel source, liquid, Vapor or solid. ECE still requires a fuel source also.
I always understood it as motors were current carrying weather electric, hydraulic, air ect. Engines were fuel powered but then the term "engine lathe" always rubbed me wrong.
Still better than wether.....at least for the animal. In some cases I'm even beyond the help of auto-correct.
I have bearings coming today for my dynamoternator or altermo. Hopefully I'm cutting grass tomorrow. The clover in our "lawn" is irresistible to the porcupines and is a one way ticket to the train station for them. Our dogs and porcupines don't mix.
She lives on! For under $30. There's 3 little sealed bearings, all the same. About 15 minutes to reassemble it and another 15 to install it and a new belt. The grass is cut.
On one on the calciner systems I operate, we have a Hosakawa 200ACM mill. They don't know if something came loose Sunday as it was shutting down or Monday on startup, but it tore the mill up and locked it down, probably an 80k rebuild at least. A couple of the carbide faced hammers... Part of the ceramic lined side plates More hammers and parts. The hammers were at 90°, a little past that now... The main rotor plate. The separator/classifier has some normal wear, but it got bent too. Thankfully we had all the parts to rebuild it...
