Originally Posted by
unterhausen
dynos are generally considered to be a current source. Obviously, the amount of current and voltage they put out varies somewhat with speed. But the voltage follows the current and the hubs can only put out about 500mA.
Interesting. I'm from a power electronics background and seems non-intuitive to me. Can you point me to anything that explains this model of a dynamo?
I was under the assumption that the dynamo was basically a permanent magnet ac generator...