starter/alternator

["Ed Prytherch" <dixiedean@domain.elided>]

To make an alternator work as a motor, you have to drive it with an AC
voltage. You would need a complex and expensive piece of electronics for that.
Also, AC motors produce low torque at low rpm. In contrast, DC motors make
lots of torque at low rpm.  That's what a starter motor needs to do.

I like to tell friends that the only electronic devices in my Alfas are the
radios. I'm happy with that.

Ed Prytherch
73 GTV
79 Spider

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