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Some people value their auto as all around buddy. It’s treated like a person whom every character is tried to be learned in order for them to get along even better. The functions and importance of each auto part is familiarized. And when the time comes that any of the vehicle’s auto parts gets damaged, the driver would know how to fix it even without the help of professional machinists. Nonetheless, there are auto parts which are really complicated, that familiarization and experience might not handle. The alternator of your Mercury unit is one of the auto components which really need the service of an expert machinist, not just because of complexity but also of importance.

Alternator is the main source of power of an automobile while it’s running. It produces electricity by converting the mechanical energy generated by the engine into alternating current. Mercury alternator is basically driven by a belt which is connected to the engine, tugged along as the engine starts to run. While the belt spins, the magnet across the stationary looped conductor or stator is being moved, creating then electrostatic field better known as electricity. Before the electricity it produces is used in different Lincoln electrical parts, it is first charged to a battery or batteries through diodes in order to get converted again, this time into direct current. And then, it’s controlled by a regulator in order to release only the correct amount of electrical power designated to certain Mercury electrical part.

You might wonder why the engineers have to use alternators instead of direct current generators, if the alternating current would still have to be converted into direct. The process only becomes more complicated and long, right? Unlike direct current generators, alternators are able to produce steady stream of voltage continuously, and this is the kind of performance that more sophisticated creations need. One of the reasons is the growth of demand for units featuring air conditioning system. Direct current generators don’t have enough capacity to run them, thus, in time they were ran out by alternators. As a matter of fact even vintage owners upgrade their automobiles by converting DC generators into alternators.


 
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Mercury Topaz Alternator
Notes : 2.3L(140) L4, w/AT - wo/AC (75A) 75amp , w/Pulley
Part # : CPWUSALT-F055
OEM # :
Fit : 1987-1991 Mercury Topaz (87-91)


Mercury Topaz Parts > Mercury Topaz Alternator


Mercury Cougar Alternator
Notes : 4.6L(281) V8, w/Std. 130A 130amp , w/Pulley
Part # : CPWUSALT-1712
OEM # :
Fit : 1995-1997 Mercury Cougar (95-97)


Mercury Cougar Parts > Mercury Cougar Alternator


Mercury Cougar Alternator
Notes : 3.8L(232) V6, w/Opt. 75A 75amp
Part # : CPWUSALT-F051
OEM # :
Fit : 1989-1993 Mercury Cougar (89-93)


Mercury Cougar Parts > Mercury Cougar Alternator


Mercury Topaz Alternator
Notes : 2.3L(140) L4, w/MT - wo/AC 65amp
Part # : CPWUSALT-F052
OEM # :
Fit : 1984-1990 Mercury Topaz (84-90)


Mercury Topaz Parts > Mercury Topaz Alternator


Mercury Tracer Alternator
Notes : 1.8L(110) L4, 2nd & 3rd Prod. ('91) 65amp , w/Pulley
Part # : CPWUSALT-3051Z
OEM # :
Fit : 1991-1996 Mercury Tracer (91-96)


Mercury Tracer Parts > Mercury Tracer Alternator


Mercury Topaz Alternator
Notes : 2.3L(140) L4, w/AT - Mitsubishi 75amp , w/Pulley
Part # : CPWUSALT-3052
OEM # :
Fit : 1988-1990 Mercury Topaz (88-90)


Mercury Topaz Parts > Mercury Topaz Alternator




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