Just got my hands in a good FD dynamo. The plug to it is different so were goes the B/W wire and the W/B wire? pictures please!

Sindre

 

One is for referance voltage from the ignition circuit, and the other is to tell systems in the car that the alternator is running.

S5 and FD (FD uses the non-turbo style connectors):


S4:

 

Check out this post: https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...ernator+wiring

 

It's been a hell of a long time since cars cars with dynamos. Alternators have been standard for decades...

 

lmao I was wondering what the **** he was talking about

 

haha this post is a ghost from the '50s ( or from lucas electronics)

 

well dynamo = alternator in norwegian...

 

dynamo =

 

^^ROFL...that's exactly what I wasthinking

 

seriously, what is a dynamo?

 

...An alternator...if you couldn't tell per Ice's diagram..wow.

 

Nope, an alternator and a dynamo are quite different. A dynamo (aka generator) produces DC voltage; an alternator produces AC voltage (hence the name) which is then rectified to produce DC. Alternators are a lot more powerful and efficient, which is why they totally replaced dynamos in cars along time ago.

 

So really our cars do have dynamos but everyone just calls them alternators? Cause according to what your saying, our cars using alternators, do not use a 12v dc system???

me=confused to ****.

 

No, we do not have dynamos, we have alternators. They are different, just like I explained.

Why did I say anything like that? I never even mentioned voltage. Dynamos (more commonly known as generators) and alternators both have a DC output but they go about producing it in very different ways.

You have an alternator. That's all you need to know.

 

a generator (dynamo) produces dc voltage directly, but not particularly efficiently. it is basically a motor being spun backwards.

an alternator produces ac current fairly efficiently, and then you have a rectifier circuit (usually built into the alternator housing) that converts it to dc.

pat

 

Ok, so alternators replaced dyanamo's sometime in the 50s/60s.. but dynamo is the norweigan word for alternator?

 

No, it's not. Maybe that's what they call them (incorrectly, no offense), but it's not a Norwegian word.

 

jup, we call the alternator dynamo! Dont ask me why :P But at my schooll (Avionics) We call the alternator alternator.. I know the difference and when i wrote the topic i used the word WE use on alternator :P

 

Dynamo is an old word for generator.
The alternator is basically a generator - mechanically driven device that produces voltage.


-Ted

 

Well, thanks for the help guys! Got the S6 ALTERNATOR working today But the "wheel" on the s6 alternator didnt fit, had to use the old s4 one.. Where can i get a complet kit ? The S4 slips!

 

Hit an equipment store that sells bearings, sprockets and such. They can provide you with an appropriate pulley.