Uses a small current from the ignition switch to control a larger current to the starter solenoid.
What is a relay
100
The Starter, Battery, Ignition Switch, Solenoid are main components of.
What is the Starting System
100
Mainly used to start the vehicle and then is used for reserved power
What is the battery
100
Uses mechanical power to produce electricity
What is an Alternator or Generator
100
Current flows from in the vehicles electrical system.
What is negative to positive
200
Supplies power to energize the alternator field and stabilizes the alternators’ output.
What is the Battery
200
This safe guards the vehicle from starting with the transmission in gear
What is the Neutral Safety Switch
200
Movable pole and starter-mounted solenoid are these types of.
What are Starters
200
Connects the alternator pulley to the crankshaft pulley
What is a 'V' or Serpentine Belt
200
Controls the output voltage of the alternator
What is Regulator
300
The voltmeter, ampmeter and idiot light are ways to warn the driver of a possible problem with the vehicles Charging System.
What are charge indicators
300
The starter is an electrical component that has to be a __________ __________electric motor
What is high torque
300
Acts like a heavy duty relay and may be mounted on a starter or inside the engine compartment.
What is a Solenoid
300
The DC generator is similar to what high torque component the engine uses to get going.
What is the starter or electric motor
300
Connects all the electrical system components
What is the wiring harness
400
The charging systems approximate voltage when the vehicle is running
What is 13.5-14.5 volts
400
When current is applied to the solenoid this is used to move a plunger which closes the contacts inside to transfer current from the battery to the starter.
What is Magnetism
400
The Starter Pinion Gear or Bendix Gear mesh with what to turn over the engine
What is Ring Gear or Flywheel
400
Two types of old and new charging systems
What are AC and DC generators
400
Inside the Alternator this changes the AC (alternating current) into DC (direct current) so the vehicles electrical system can use it.
What is Rectifier Bridge
500
Series-wound motor, Shunt-wound motor and Compound- wound motor are these types of.
What are internal motor circuits
500
Allows the pinion gear turns the flywheel for starting, and then releases in the other direction to let the gear freewheel as the engine starts
What is Over-running Clutch
500
Serves as a sliding connection between the starting motor armature windings and the brushes and keep the motor turning by controlling the current through the windings
What is Commutator
500
more efficient, dependable, smaller and more output at idle are why AC alternators are used instead of DC generators
What are advantages of using an alternator
500
When battery current flows into the alternators field windings of the rotor which acts like a magnetic field that spins and induces current in what part of the alternator