[Healeys] Lucas Charging System?I recently had my C45-P5 Generator rebui

Subject:	[Healeys] Lucas Charging System?I recently had my C45-P5 Generator rebuilt. After installing it with a Part No. 37206 RB 108 2 12V. NOS Lucas control box I cleaned the points and adjusted the point setting per instructions from Lucas Technical Correspondence course session 5. I then conducted the test as instructed by the Technical Correspondence course session 5. I installed a Volt Gage to confirm that the idiot light is accurately informing me of a valid charging system. At idle speed the system is charging at 13.6 volts. At highway speed with RPM’s around 2500 to 3000 RPM the system is charging at 15.6 to 16 volts. This conforms to the test I conducted of the system. When I turn the lights on I’m only charging around 13.5 volts at speed or idle. My question is should the charging system be that dramatically different with the lights on? Will my Generator’s armature overheat from constantly trying to charge the battery with the settings I have set it to? Will charging values at 15.6 to 16 Volts at highway speeds will the Battery overcharge and boil out the fluids. I haven’t found any answers to these questions on the internet so I thought I would ask the experts. My questions are prompted by an experience last year. I had a generator failure after leaving Encounter. I had a shop in Elkton Maryland where my daughter lives install a Generator and Control Box to the tune of $675 dollars. After leaving my daughters house in Elkton I had a complete electrical failure about 300 miles out and 365 miles from my home. I had the car flat bedded home by AAA. That was an additional $927 to add to the repairs cost. The Generator rebuilder that I use said that the armature had overheated and thrown out all the solder. He felt the cause was an improperly adjusted Control Box. I just want to make sure that my system is working properly and I’m not going to destroy another generator. Any input will be appreciated. Ron Mitchell, Goodrich Michigan 1962 MkII BN7I recently had my C45-P5 Generator rebuilt. After installing it with a Part No. 37206 RB 108 2 12V. NOS Lucas control box I cleaned the points and adjusted the point setting per instructions from Lucas Technical Correspondence course session 5. I then conducted the test as instructed by the Technical Correspondence course session 5. I installed a Volt Gage to confirm that the idiot light is accurately informing me of a valid charging system. At idle speed the system is charging at 13.6 volts. At highway speed with RPM’s around 2500 to 3000 RPM the system is charging at 15.6 to 16 volts. This conforms to the test I conducted of the system. When I turn the lights on I’m only charging around 13.5 volts at speed or idle. My question is should the charging system be that dramatically different with the lights on? Will my Generator’s armature overheat from constantly trying to charge the battery with the settings I have set it to? Will charging values at 15.6 to 16 Volts at highway speeds will the Battery overcharge and boil out the fluids. I haven’t found any answers to these questions on the internet so I thought I would ask the experts. My questions are prompted by an experience last year. I had a generator failure after leaving Encounter. I had a shop in Elkton Maryland where my daughter lives install a Generator and Control Box to the tune of $675 dollars. After leaving my daughters house in Elkton I had a complete electrical failure about 300 miles out and 365 miles from my home. I had the car flat bedded home by AAA. That was an additional $927 to add to the repairs cost. The Generator rebuilder that I use said that the armature had overheated and thrown out all the solder. He felt the cause was an improperly adjusted Control Box. I just want to make sure that my system is working properly and I’m not going to destroy another generator. Any input will be appreciated. Ron Mitchell, Goodrich Michigan 1962 MkII BN7I recently had my C45-P5 Generator rebuilt. After installing it with a Part No. 37206 RB 108 2 12V. NOS Lucas control box I cleaned the points and adjusted the point setting per instructions from Lucas Technical Correspondence course session 5. I then conducted the test as instructed by the Technical Correspondence course session 5. I installed a Volt Gage to confirm that the idiot light is accurately informing me of a valid charging system. At idle speed the system is charging at 13.6 volts. At highway speed with RPM’s around 2500 to 3000 RPM the system is charging at 15.6 to 16 volts. This conforms to the test I conducted of the system. When I turn the lights on I’m only charging around 13.5 volts at speed or idle. My question is should the charging system be that dramatically different with the lights on? Will my Generator’s armature overheat from constantly trying to charge the battery with the settings I have set it to? Will charging values at 15.6 to 16 Volts at highway speeds will the Battery overcharge and boil out the fluids. I haven’t found any answers to these questions on the internet so I thought I would ask the experts. My questions are prompted by an experience last year. I had a generator failure after leaving Encounter. I had a shop in Elkton Maryland where my daughter lives install a Generator and Control Box to the tune of $675 dollars. After leaving my daughters house in Elkton I had a complete electrical failure about 300 miles out and 365 miles from my home. I had the car flat bedded home by AAA. That was an additional $927 to add to the repairs cost. The Generator rebuilder that I use said that the armature had overheated and thrown out all the solder. He felt the cause was an improperly adjusted Control Box. I just want to make sure that my system is working properly and I’m not going to destroy another generator. Any input will be appreciated. Ron Mitchell, Goodrich Michigan 1962 MkII BN7
From:	healeyron at yahoo.com (Ron Mitchell)
Date:	Mon, 1 Aug 2011 08:46:46 -0700 (PDT)

B Hi,

I'm in need of some expert advise on the proper operation of a Lucas
Charging System.B  Here is my concern.

I recently had my C45-P5 Generator
rebuilt.B  After installing it with a Part No. 37206 RB
108 2 B 12V. NOS Lucas
control box I
cleaned the points and adjusted the point settings per
instructions from Lucas
Technical Correspondence course session
5.
B 
I then
conducted B the test as instructed by the Technical
Correspondence course
session 5.
I installed a Volt Gage to confirm that the idiot light
is
accurately informing me of a valid charging system.

At idle speed the system
is charging at 13.6 volts.B  At highway speed with RPMbs around 2500 to
3000
RPM the system is charging at 15.6 to 16 volts.B  This conforms to the
stationary tests I've conducted of the
system.
When I turn the lights on Ibm
only charging around 13.5
volts at speed or idle.
B 
My questions are should
the charging system be that
dramatically different with the lights on?B 
Will my Generatorbs armature overheat from constantly trying to charge
the
battery with the settings I have set it to?B  

Will charging values at 15.6
to 16 Volts at highway speeds overcharge the
Battery and boil out the fluids.
B 
I havenbt found any answers to these questions on the
internet so I
thought I would ask the experts.
B 
My questions are prompted by an incident
last year whenB I experienced a generator failure after leaving Encounter
2010.B  I had a shop in Elkton Maryland where my
daughter lives install a
Generator and Control Box to the tune of $675
dollars.B  After leaving my
daughters house
in Elkton I had a complete electrical failure about 300 miles
out and 365 miles
from my home.B  I had the car flat bedded
home by AAA.B 
That was an additional $927
to add to the repairs cost.B  The Generator
re-builder that I use said that the armature had overheated and thrown out all
the
solder.B  He felt the cause was an
improperly adjusted Control Box.B  I
just
want to make sure that my system is working properly and Ibm not going
to
destroy another generator. 


FOOTNOTE:B  If you're ever in Elkton, MD and
need service on your classic or domestic car, steer clear of Chris's Domestic
& Foreign Car Service.B  He wouldn't stand behind any of his complete service
and parts warranty.

B 
Any input will be appreciated.
Ron Mitchell, Goodrich
Michigan B 1962 MkII BN7

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[Healeys] Lucas Charging System?I recently had my C45-P5 Generator rebuilt. After installing it with a Part No. 37206 RB 108 2 12V. NOS Lucas control box I cleaned the points and adjusted the point setting per instructions from Lucas Technical Correspondence course session 5. I then conducted the test as instructed by the Technical Correspondence course session 5. I installed a Volt Gage to confirm that the idiot light is accurately informing me of a valid charging system. At idle speed the system is charging at 13.6 volts. At highway speed with RPM’s around 2500 to 3000 RPM the system is charging at 15.6 to 16 volts. This conforms to the test I conducted of the system. When I turn the lights on I’m only charging around 13.5 volts at speed or idle. My question is should the charging system be that dramatically different with the lights on? Will my Generator’s armature overheat from constantly trying to charge the battery with the settings I have set it to? Will charging values at 15.6 to 16 Volts at highway speeds will the Battery overcharge and boil out the fluids. I haven’t found any answers to these questions on the internet so I thought I would ask the experts. My questions are prompted by an experience last year. I had a generator failure after leaving Encounter. I had a shop in Elkton Maryland where my daughter lives install a Generator and Control Box to the tune of $675 dollars. After leaving my daughters house in Elkton I had a complete electrical failure about 300 miles out and 365 miles from my home. I had the car flat bedded home by AAA. That was an additional $927 to add to the repairs cost. The Generator rebuilder that I use said that the armature had overheated and thrown out all the solder. He felt the cause was an improperly adjusted Control Box. I just want to make sure that my system is working properly and I’m not going to destroy another generator. Any input will be appreciated. Ron Mitchell, Goodrich Michigan 1962 MkII BN7I recently had my C45-P5 Generator rebuilt. After installing it with a Part No. 37206 RB 108 2 12V. NOS Lucas control box I cleaned the points and adjusted the point setting per instructions from Lucas Technical Correspondence course session 5. I then conducted the test as instructed by the Technical Correspondence course session 5. I installed a Volt Gage to confirm that the idiot light is accurately informing me of a valid charging system. At idle speed the system is charging at 13.6 volts. At highway speed with RPM’s around 2500 to 3000 RPM the system is charging at 15.6 to 16 volts. This conforms to the test I conducted of the system. When I turn the lights on I’m only charging around 13.5 volts at speed or idle. My question is should the charging system be that dramatically different with the lights on? Will my Generator’s armature overheat from constantly trying to charge the battery with the settings I have set it to? Will charging values at 15.6 to 16 Volts at highway speeds will the Battery overcharge and boil out the fluids. I haven’t found any answers to these questions on the internet so I thought I would ask the experts. My questions are prompted by an experience last year. I had a generator failure after leaving Encounter. I had a shop in Elkton Maryland where my daughter lives install a Generator and Control Box to the tune of $675 dollars. After leaving my daughters house in Elkton I had a complete electrical failure about 300 miles out and 365 miles from my home. I had the car flat bedded home by AAA. That was an additional $927 to add to the repairs cost. The Generator rebuilder that I use said that the armature had overheated and thrown out all the solder. He felt the cause was an improperly adjusted Control Box. I just want to make sure that my system is working properly and I’m not going to destroy another generator. Any input will be appreciated. Ron Mitchell, Goodrich Michigan 1962 MkII BN7I recently had my C45-P5 Generator rebuilt. After installing it with a Part No. 37206 RB 108 2 12V. NOS Lucas control box I cleaned the points and adjusted the point setting per instructions from Lucas Technical Correspondence course session 5. I then conducted the test as instructed by the Technical Correspondence course session 5. I installed a Volt Gage to confirm that the idiot light is accurately informing me of a valid charging system. At idle speed the system is charging at 13.6 volts. At highway speed with RPM’s around 2500 to 3000 RPM the system is charging at 15.6 to 16 volts. This conforms to the test I conducted of the system. When I turn the lights on I’m only charging around 13.5 volts at speed or idle. My question is should the charging system be that dramatically different with the lights on? Will my Generator’s armature overheat from constantly trying to charge the battery with the settings I have set it to? Will charging values at 15.6 to 16 Volts at highway speeds will the Battery overcharge and boil out the fluids. I haven’t found any answers to these questions on the internet so I thought I would ask the experts. My questions are prompted by an experience last year. I had a generator failure after leaving Encounter. I had a shop in Elkton Maryland where my daughter lives install a Generator and Control Box to the tune of $675 dollars. After leaving my daughters house in Elkton I had a complete electrical failure about 300 miles out and 365 miles from my home. I had the car flat bedded home by AAA. That was an additional $927 to add to the repairs cost. The Generator rebuilder that I use said that the armature had overheated and thrown out all the solder. He felt the cause was an improperly adjusted Control Box. I just want to make sure that my system is working properly and I’m not going to destroy another generator. Any input will be appreciated. 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