[Mariachi]

On Feb 26, 2:28 pm, (Captain Howdy) wrote:
No, the stereo uses the dominating power source which would be the alternator
when the engine is running. Yes amplifiers are connected to the battery, as is
the alternator. Your alternator does not use or make AC voltage, the only
place you'll find AC voltage in your car is in your speaker wires.

You're out of your box and you're way off track.............





why would it use the alternator??? You might be talking about the
engine.. but the stereo uses the battery. It uses the alternator
indirectly because the battery get's energy from the alternator.
wow... this is why your amplifiers are connected to the battery, so
they get power from the battery, not the alternator. The alternator
is not a stable power source, the battery is. Otherwise you would be
getting alternating current into your amplifier and resulting in
noise. This is why audio equipment uses DC voltage, not AC voltage
(like your alternator). Don't you know this?- Hide quoted text -

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All automotive alternators naturally produce AC current. But they
have a set of rectifiers, diodge bridges, to convert to DC.

Let me ask you this? If the alternator doesn't supply enough
amperage to power up your stereo system, doesn't it take excess energy
from the battery to compensate for the alternator... Does it solely
depend on the amperage that the alternator is putting out... or both
the battery and the alternator. So if my amplifier requires 30 amps
and my alternator only supplies 12 amps at the moment... doesn't the
battery supply the other 18 amps?