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
If the battery is new, thick engine oil, a bad starter or alternator, faulty spark plugs or frozen fuel lines might cause the car not to start.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2022
A few days later, a customer was yelling at Garcia about an alternator when he got a call from his father’s doctor saying the hospital needed to remove his father from life support.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2021
I also loved that Nick wouldn’t have known an alternator from a crankshaft.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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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