Dispute my Diagnosis - get me back on the road!
#16
08-25-2013, 11:25 AM
Yeah that's how I feel, some changes we make to our trucks are for safety and some are for convenience. Generators can be hard to get. I keep a spare 12v even though I run alt. I should get a reg and the wiring.......or get rid of extra gen. With what Alt cost today it's cost efficient compared to gen. They even have 6v Alt if you want to keep it that way.
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08-25-2013, 11:52 AM
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Hey I was thinking about polarization on new generators and some alt. I found this, since nothing else worked think on it.
POLARIZING A 2 BRUSH FORD GENERATOR:
Disconnect the FIELD terminal wire at the regulator and momentarily touch this wire to the BAT terminal of the regulator. NEVER use a jumper wire to keep from disconnecting the fieldwire at the regulator it’ll ruin the regulator in a hurry.
The field wire MUST be disconnected from the regulator. MoPar and GM generators are not polarized in this manner due to their different design.
6 Volt Electrical
I don't know if it will help, here is the hole page and yes some guy had charge problems.
POLARIZING A 2 BRUSH FORD GENERATOR:
Disconnect the FIELD terminal wire at the regulator and momentarily touch this wire to the BAT terminal of the regulator. NEVER use a jumper wire to keep from disconnecting the fieldwire at the regulator it’ll ruin the regulator in a hurry.
The field wire MUST be disconnected from the regulator. MoPar and GM generators are not polarized in this manner due to their different design.
6 Volt Electrical
I don't know if it will help, here is the hole page and yes some guy had charge problems.
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08-25-2013, 02:18 PM
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#21
08-25-2013, 07:59 PM
Do this than try to motor the Genny again. But it's a simple thing to clean the commutator segments and the mica between them and replace the brushes. Of course the field coils must be good. But unless there has been a short that smoked the Genny it's pretty hard to toast the field coils.
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