alternator
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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
How the kit fits inside a van, powered by an optional EcoFlow Smart Generator with portable solar panels, roof-mounted solar panels, and the van’s alternator.
From The Verge ● Jun. 27, 2022
According to Firestone, if it stays on, comes on while driving or the car won’t start, it could mean something is wrong with your battery, alternator or vehicle wiring system.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2022
There was some back and forth about the sickly alternator, and then Peter Derry, 28, offered a solution.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2018
The Susan Marie had gone dead in the water—the bolt shook loose in her alternator pulley bracket—on the night of September 15.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
As gas-powered cars fall out of favor, some auto parts will be rendered obsolete, such as hydraulic-based steering systems and alternators.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2024
Valeo today repairs one million old products per year, mainly alternators, starters, brakes and clutches.
From Reuters ● Sep. 6, 2023
As an electrician’s mate his duties included maintaining, operating and repairing the battleship’s electrical systems, motors, generators and alternators.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2022
We can create power through the engines alternators and through the generator.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2017
He often prowled through junkyards touching old cars and buying old alternators and carburetors just for the joy of cleaning them up and making them work again.
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
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