Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #8069
From: Bill Dube <bdube@al.noaa.gov>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Alternator pulley size
Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 11:03:13 -0600
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>

         Don't Honda engines spin "backwards"? Will this be a problem when
using a Honda alternator on a rotary?

Not that a pulley cares which way it turns, but Alternators are AC devices internally and don't care which way they turn either.  A rectifier converts AC to DC for the external world.

        I understand that there are no electrical issues. I was concerned that the fan does not work well when spun backwards.
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