alternator

Example Sentences

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You don’t replace the whole robot any more than you replace your car when the alternator dies.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 14, 2025

It’s charged off the alternator when driving and via an optional 180W solar panel mounted to the roof.

From The Verge • May 2, 2022

The lengthy stops to change the battery and the alternator belt saved his race and staved off his own startling flirtation with an early playoff exit.

From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2021

He can change a transmission, replace an alternator, diagnose the weird sounds and, in his free time, he is restoring a 1938 Packard Six initially purchased brand new by his great-grandparents.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2021

If it were the alternator, the battery would be dead and the lights wouldn’t come on.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner