Bench Check 6-V Generator

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Jul 24, 2013 | 06:36 PM

Steves55

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Bench Check 6-V Generator

I recently bought a spare generator for my 223 I-6 and would like to bench test it. What is the best way to do this? Many thanks. Steve

Jul 30, 2013 | 07:51 PM

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I hook them to a battery and if they motor than they will also charge.

Jul 30, 2013 | 09:39 PM

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Your the first one I have heard use that method in over 40 years. Thats the very same thing I used to do and have done so all along.

Jul 31, 2013 | 03:46 PM

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It's prolly been 40 years since I have done it that way.

Aug 1, 2013 | 08:12 AM

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Which posts and order do you use to connect to a battery to make it spin? Assuming a positive ground system.

Tom

Aug 1, 2013 | 09:13 AM

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Which posts and order do you use to connect to a battery to make it spin? Assuming a positive ground system.

Tom

Hook the negative to the armature post and positive to ground last. If I remember right, either way will work.

Aug 1, 2013 | 11:33 AM

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Motorizing a generator is also a good way to re-apply some magnetism to the iron core field magnets. When a generator sits around unhooked, the magnets can get too weak to start generating.

With an installed generator, you can flash the field, or better, unhook the belt and hook the battery (neg lead in this case) to the Armature connection...sometimes you have to give the generator a little spin to get it going.

Dan

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Aug 2, 2013 | 09:09 AM

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Going back a few years.. If I remember correctly....as Ray said. The generator will run as a motor at a "high speed" then if you ground the F (field) the generator speed will slow down.