Alternator Conversion Manual.

Learn how to convert a car alternator into a powerful hybrid brushless motor in a couple hours with common tools.

Use for electric vehicles, robotics, industrial, alternative energy, experimental electric aircraft, automotive applications, and more.

Click on the image below to see an alternator that has been converted to a Hybrid Brushless Motor -- see it in action...

Click on the image below to see converted alternator driving a water pump...

What is a Hybrid Brushless Motor? A Hybrid Brushless Motor is a motor in which all power drive current is brushless and only a small field current used to adjust torque passes through brushes (and slip rings).

The Hybrid Brushless Motor is like a brushless motor with an adjustable field. This allows adjustment to get higher torque at high speeds than a conventional brushlesss motor.

This is a highly reliable-design -- it does not use brushes with a commutator (the main reliability issue in dc brush motors). The brush and slip ring arrangement used in the Hybrid Brushless Motor is a high-reliability design which is very similar to that typically used for resolvers and synchros on aircraft and high-reliability industrial applications. This is called a Hybrid Brushless Motor since it has a combination of brushless power drive current and a small brushed field current that can be used to adjust torque.

This Hybrid Brushless Motor is functionally the same as a conventional brushless motor except that it has an adjustable field, unlike a conventional brushless motor, which has a fixed rotor field. This field is adjusted by applying a small dc current, typically 0.5A – 3.0A. This can give better performance than a conventional brushless motor by allowing high torque production at BOTH low speeds and high speeds, compared to a conventional brushless motor which tends to lose torque at high speeds.

An automotive alternator converted to a motor can exceed the performance of both brushed and conventional brushless motors because of the combination of its brushless drive current and adjustable field. A car alternator changed over to a Hybrid Brushless Motor can put out in excess of 1.0 HP -- in some applications far above that, depending on the alternator, how it's converted, and how it's controlled.

An automotive alternator converted to a motor is much less expensive than a conventional brushless motor with the same power output. A car alternator that can be readily converted to a powerful motor costs about $100.00, but a conventional brushless motor that produces about the same power output typically costs far more -- well over $500.00 and is often more difficult to obtain.


In addition, a car alternator converted to a Hybrid Brushless Motor as described in this Manual has more versatile control than a conventional brushless motor, and it can have much more power and torque at high speeds than a conventional brushless motor of similar size due to its adjustable field.

Our Alternator Conversion Manual, "How to Convert an Automotive Alternator to a Hybrid Brushless Motor" shows in clear step-by-step instructions with photographs how to do the conversion and how to drive the alternator as a motor after it is converted. It includes common-sense explanations of how the converted alternator functions as a motor with clear, easy-to-read diagrams.

What can you use this Hybrid Brushless Motor for?
 -- anywhere a powerful, low-cost, high-reliability motor can be used: industrial, electric vehicles, alternative energy applications (converting gasoline, diesel, pneumatic, and hydraulic machinery and equipment to electric) robotics, model aircraft, scientific, automotive, aircraft, marine, and scores of related applications.

This provides a reliable and low-cost alternative to high-power brushless motors and dc brush motors.
 

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