What Causes a Car to Momentarily Lose and Regain Power While Driving?
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Car momentarily losing and regaining power while driving is an issue with the alternator. The alternator may cause this fault due to problems with the carbon brushes or rectifier. In such cases, the only solution is to replace the entire alternator assembly. Below are detailed explanations about car alternators: 1. Introduction: The car alternator is the primary power source of a vehicle. Its function is to supply power to all electrical devices (except the starter) and simultaneously charge the battery when the engine is running normally (above idle speed). 2. Composition: Based on the three-phase stator winding of a standard AC alternator, additional winding turns are added with lead-out terminals, along with an extra set of three-phase bridge rectifiers. At low speeds, the output is from the original and additional windings connected in series, while at higher speeds, only the original three-phase winding provides the output.