Have you ever wondered what made car manufacturers decide to go from dynamos to alternators for generating electricity? It's a mix of reliability and cost.

DAVENPORT, Iowa, April 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- American Power Systems, Inc. (APS) has developed a new series of lower turn-on RPM alternators ideal for those needing to fully charge secondary power ...

I’m a former mechanic and I have a question for you. Some of your answers refer to alternators that have “died.” But as far as I know, you have never written about why they die. I know about bearings ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa, Aug. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- American Power Systems, Inc. (APS) recently launched the Ultra Performance at Idle (UPI) series, its next-generation line of high output alternators that ...

What’s the best way to turn a high-powered brushless DC motor optimized for hobby use into a decent low-RPM generator? Do you take a purely mechanical approach and slap a gearbox on the shaft? Or do ...

Available in 48-, 24-, and 12-volt models, the UPI series offers six different configurations from 165 amps to 390 amps at output for all vehicles APS products serve. This includes the popular Ram ...