12 April 2025

Paradigm Shift

If your car has electric power steering:  The reservoir is the battery and the pump is the alternator.

Hope this helps.

Posted by Angus McThag at 18:02
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  1. Daosus12 April, 2025 20:10

    The pump is the electric motor that assists with steering. The hydraulic return line is the alternator because it refills the reservoir/battery.

    I love the electric/hydraulic analogy because it's surprisingly good.

    Daosus

    PS. I'm a mechanical engineer and have used the analogy to teach other engineers the bits they didn't understand.

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    1. Angus McThag13 April, 2025 00:57

      I was a mechanical designer and drafter. I thought of my job as mainly being a translator from the engineers to the people who had to build it.

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  2. Daosus13 April, 2025 22:08

    Honestly, the decline of the designers and drafters has led to their workload being done by engineers. It leads to both worse engineering and worse drafting.

    I have thought about the analogy some more, and the pump could be the alternator because it introduces energy into the system. Either way, fun to think of this stuff.

    Daosus

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