Re: Generator or regulator?

Lauri Lehtinen (lauri(at)lorenzo.pp.fi)
Mon, 8 Jun 1998 13:33:31 +0300 (EDT)

Thanks, Julian (you wrote:) >Provided that the new regulator is working, and the brushes must be OK
>since it is 'motoring' It sounds like the field windings have lost their
>polarity.
>
Can it loose polarity during use? Charging was ok. when I took my Beam to the traffic about 6 weeks ago, and it vanished about 3 weeks ago?

>To restore this you need simply to 'flash' the feild connection to the
>battery (non-earth connection, depending on the Car's polarity) To do this
>you use any old chunk of wire between the battery terminal and the field
>(small spade connector) on the generator.
>
I tried to connect field windings straight from the battery during run, but I could see no effect (well, I did not see the ammeter either!)

Thanks again, I try to follow your adwise and report all to you.

LARRY

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