Does Anyone

[Coney33]

Does anyone one know where the rectifier that charges the battery on a Toyota Hi-ace P 2400 motor please p L G reg is 1983 first registed thanks any help would be most appreciated thanks anyone in advance

[tonyav]

The actual rectifier will be inside the alternator.

[1ozzy]

Usually a black plastic box held into the alternator with 2 philips head screws.

[Buenchico]

I'm glad that Tony has confirmed what I was thinking.

I know next to nothing about cars (or vans) but I have taught Physics and I know that an alternator must initially generate AC current but that what comes out of it needs to be DC in order to charge the vehicle's battery, so I was struggling to make sense of this question.

Wikipedia confirms Tony's statement (and what I was thinking must be the case):
". . . an automobile alternator contains six diodes, which function as a full-wave rectifier for battery charging"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rectifier

. . . and this picture (from a vendor of alternator parts) seems to confirm it further:
http://www.jcrsupplies.co.uk/images/images/dscn43466.jpg.jpg

[tonyav]

I know this is for an Isuzu, But it could look something like this.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Standard-D-107-Intermotor-Alternator-Rectifier-fit-Isuzu-Trooper-92-94-L6-3-2L/311550239008?epid=75614849&;fits=Make%3AToyota%7CModel%3APickup&hash=item4889d76120%3Ag%3AunwAAOSwAFBZuIf6