Re: TD Generator Output

["W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>]

On Wed, 13 Mar 1996, Robert J. Donahue wrote:

> With the lights off and no accessories on, the ammeter on my TD reads a slight
> discharge at idle. Yet the generator will put out +25 amps when reved-up. I

I think that's normal.  Alternators charge at idle, but generators 
generally (yes, intentional) don't.

   Ray Gibbons  Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
                Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
                gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu  (802) 656-8910