Stable Distributions. Models for Heavy Tailed Data

An electrical circuit means for protecting an electrical system from excessive voltage generated by an electrical energy generator that is particularly suited for use in an automotive vehicle. A regulator is connected to the output windings of an electrical energy generator and to the control winding for limiting the energization of the control winding and the magnitude of the voltage produced in the output windings. A solid state switching network is coupled to the output windings of the generator and the regulator for decoupling the output windings from the regulator when the voltage produced in the output windings exceeds a first predetermined level and for maintaining the output windings decoupled from the regulator until the voltage produced in the output windings falls to a second substantially lower predetermined level.