Perhaps not a lot of help, but when I started having trouble with my
charging system, I took a different approach. Instead of debugging what I
considered to be outdated and marginal, I simply put a new GM alternator in
the truck. Cheap (under $100 Cdn) and easy, I can get spares anywhere, it's
self-regulating and it puts out more power. I was even able to reuse my
stock generator mounting bracket.
Keith Tanner
At 16:25 05-07-01, you wrote:
>I am guessing that I did not, since I don't understand how you are using
>the word polarize in this context. I am pretty much a rank amateur
>learning as I fix one problem and create two more in the process. Self
>extrapolation of learning scenarios created by my own need for/lack of
>knowledge.
>
>What is involved in polarizing a generator? The Haynes manual did not
>seem to reference it as I think back to it here at work.
>
>I bolted the generator back into place and reattached the wires to what I
>thought were the appropriate terminals. (There are only two terminals on
>the back of the generator and they are sized differently to prevent mixing
>them up I am guessing.) I then jump started the Rover, sparks ensued upon
>applying the gas.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Brendan
>
>>Did you polarize the generator when you reinstalled it???
>>
>>Aloha
>>Peter
>>
>>>From: Brendan Evans <brendan_evans@nols.edu>
>>>Reply-To: lro@works.team.net
>>>To: lro@Works.Team.Net
>>>Subject: LRO: Electrical Issues
>>>Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 12:37:29 -0600
>>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>I am having some issues with the electrical system in my 1968 109 sw.
>>>It has a negative ground and uses the generator/regulator combo.
>>>Recently the generator went out, no problem I took to the local shop
>>>here in Lander and it was fixed and test good. On pacing the
>>>generator back into the Rover the charge light did not go off. On
>>>closer listen the regulator seems to be now making an ominous
>>>crackling noise. When rev'd sparks flew between two of the coils in
>>>the regulator, (as you face it the two most right). Should I be
>>>looking for a problem with the connections from the generator to the
>>>regulator and possibly a short somewhere else in the system, or is
>>>this type of behavior indicative of a problem with the regulator?
>>>
>>>Thanks for your time,
>>>
>>>Brendan Evans
>>
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