At 02:23 PM 10/20/99 -0500, Bob Nogueira wrote:
>Anyone out there in LBC land know if a voltage regulator can be tested on
>the bench ? If so how ?
>I'd appreciated it if someone cold point me in the direction of a good
>description of exactly how the regulator functions . Everything I have
>managed to find treats the VR as a magic box and testing consists of " If
>the battery is not charging , test the generator and if it is putting out
>power replace the regulator."
Bob,
Since you have a +4 do you have a TR3 manual? That is the best description
and alignment procedures I've seen. If you don't have a manual, I can scan
the pages for you.
>Part two of the question is do all regulators for generators function on the
>same principles?
I'm pretty sure they do. They monitor the load and turn on and off the field
to allow the generator to charge.
An asside, when in college, coming back from a skiing trip, I had the VR.
go in my 55 Chevy. It melted the generator - went full bore and over heated.
John
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
48 TR1800 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V (B1109)
71 Saab Sonett III (71500840) 75 Bricklin SV1 (0887) 77 Spitfire
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