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Re: [Spridgets] generator/regulator - Progress

To: Michael Rowe <mdrowe@optonline.net> s=q20121106; t=1366993153; bh=9l2vUYdTKpsu3iIDn5Z29EzVeIDRXXUPtGx7iyoBekM=; h=Received:Received:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Message-Id:From: Subject:Date:To; b=VwBbi0GNXqkaLhGtXBVEbUC4gwoJyTUmZcD7bOoaaZyE9bCGhfuSXtM6WyzCXsF61 DTj5DDMiuQk2vKvDJFbEBK0ArAZCATqk3PjLQ2d4bh7JYTiaVeIof3uAyeb8670AmR 8nHQaHJuRA67xweyg6RHbogYUr1jDEoBm+AYPYefJfUSkfPYVX+P3JnsfnuY/mlV+1 cz6Mpjmf9tKDG0N/FfRxbkpDoCyre3JKaLXRyH7VuxQva9fHUBdeiqLf8IZPjaVIIR 6gVJ6jGRSlzfv+w+i2k8gqL/OV0QYTU4hZrZMWSnQBaCwxBU8JYIykR8PQ9MDitske RxV+hQbDcCgAQ==
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] generator/regulator - Progress
From: Lester <oldsaabguy@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:18:45 -0500
Cc: "spridgets@autox.team.net" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
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And you've triple checked regulator connections?

Lester


On Apr 26, 2013, at 10:25 AM, Michael Rowe <mdrowe@optonline.net> wrote:

> Following advice, I bought a really cheap analog voltmeter, which works
where my expensive digital one does not.  If the polarity is wrong, the needle
moves backward, which makes it easy.  It is very small, so reading are
approximate.
>
> So here's what I have found just now:
> - New battery, new regulator (supposedly adjusted by Moss), new generator.
> - With engine off, voltage is 12+ = fresh battery.
> - Spark generator directly from battery to regulator F terminal.
> - With engine on, battery voltage drops.
> - With engine on, voltage at the regulator F terminal is 24v or more, which
John Twist says means the generator is not properly polarized.
>
> So how do I polarize it?  Is it dead if it does not respond properly?
>
> Michael Rowe
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