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- Wed May 29, 2013 1:35 pm
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: Linear alternator discussion
- Replies: 28
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Re: Linear alternator discussion
Linear alternators are at the heart of those "battery-less" flashlights that you shake back and forth to light the LED. Their problem, as I see it, has little to do with the alternator design, rather the energy losses when reversing the mass of the moving magnet (or coil assembly) at the ...