Amp meter not charging
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Mountain Pass
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I am kind of at wits end with this thing now. I had the starter gone thru and was told it is in great condition, replaced the voltage regulator and still not showing a charge on the amp meter, I had the generator gone thru and it was found it had a broken ground wire, they fixed that and turned down the armature and said it was working fine and showing a charge. Installed it in the truck and it showed very little charge, polarized the the regulator and still the same. I went out with the truck last night it ran fine. When I came home it was dark out so I had the lights on about a half hour ride not showing any charge on the amp meter. I shut the truck off in my driveway and tried to restart it with no luck. This morning I went out and it started right up so I took it to interstate battery to have the battery tested and it tested fine both running and shut off. There is a problem somewhere but I have run out of places to look
More Turbo
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How old and what size are your battery cables? They should be at least 2/0. I have had corrosion on the inside of my cables that was not obvious from the outside. So every time I checked the ends for corrosion, I moved them around enough to make a temporary connection. New cables fixed my problem. My local Interstate Battery custom made my cables at a very reasonable cost.
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How old and what size are your battery cables? They should be at least 2/0. I have had corrosion on the inside of my cables that was not obvious from the outside. So every time I checked the ends for corrosion, I moved them around enough to make a temporary connection. New cables fixed my problem. My local Interstate Battery custom made my cables at a very reasonable cost.
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Mountain Pass
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How old and what size are your battery cables? They should be at least 2/0. I have had corrosion on the inside of my cables that was not obvious from the outside. So every time I checked the ends for corrosion, I moved them around enough to make a temporary connection. New cables fixed my problem. My local Interstate Battery custom made my cables at a very reasonable cost.
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Mountain Pass
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Okay guys I am going to throw a stupid question out there. 6 volt positive ground generator, what would or should be the correct output at the generator before the regulator? I am trying to narrow this problem down
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Mountain Pass
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Okay, thank you for the info. I guess I will start a search for a generator. I just had this rebuilt but it's not putting out what it should be
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More Turbo
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Sorry, I had the grand kids over. I didn't get out to my shop for pictures
More Turbo
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Sorry, I had the grand kids over. I didn't get out to my shop for pictures
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Mountain Pass
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I would like to say thank you to all of you that helped me out with your knowledge and suggestions. After a lot of research and trial and error, I finally got this truck charging the way it should be. A simple adjustment to the regulator and it is running fine. Thanks again everyone. This forum is great
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Good to hear Tico. Out of curiosity, what was adjusted on your regulator? Reason I am asking is on these mechanical type of regulators. Now days, how well are they really adjusted at the factory, or are they even?
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Mountain Pass
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