POlarizing Generator
Laughing Gas
Joined: Aug 2008
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Possibly. If the regulator is a relay type, it may be more likely to have burnt the contacts. A lot depends on condition of wiring, charge of battery, etc.
Unless you changed the ground from neg to positive or vice versa, the generator was probably already correctly polarized.
I did install a battery backwards in a generator equipped vehicle, and ran it, and everything survived. Probably just lucky.
Generators are fairly rugged...i.e. tough.
Unless you changed the ground from neg to positive or vice versa, the generator was probably already correctly polarized.
I did install a battery backwards in a generator equipped vehicle, and ran it, and everything survived. Probably just lucky.
Generators are fairly rugged...i.e. tough.
Postmaster
Joined: Jan 2009
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From: Chesapeake, Va.
I made a mistake the first time I tried to polarize a generator and fried the wires from the generator to the regulator. I was stunned as I watched the wires melt at a rapid pace from one to the other. Read the instructions and do it right as you might only have one chance.
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