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RE: Generator bench test

To: "Duncan Sinclair" <duncan@pondhop.com>
Subject: RE: Generator bench test
From: rrengineer@dslextreme.com
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 08:11:18 -0700 (PDT)
I used to spin them up using the wire wheel on my grinder against the
pulley.  Spin her right up.
Mike MacLean
60 Sprite
56 BN2

Duncan Sinclair
> Exactly Mark I think :)
> The generator requires voltage in the field windings to produce the
> magnetic
> field before it will generate. This is how the regulator regulates
> current,
> by switching the voltage in the field coils.
> By shorting the terminals together the small voltage generated by the
> armature is enough to power the field windings and both will build
> together.
>
>
> Duncan
>
>>> Tie the two terminals on the generator together, put test leads on the
> junction of the two terminals and the other on the case.  Then spin it, a
> good one will give you about 20-25  volts.
>
> Mark
> Nashville




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