For those who may not know about it, there's a pretty good (IMHO) booklet put
out by Lucas entitled "Fault Diagnosis Service Manual", Catalog No. 9001. It's
standard 8.5"x11" paperback of about 45 pages and covers the whole shootin'
match, including the tweaking of regulators. I think Moss carries it. Probably
overpriced, I got mine for free at a Lucas demo.
You might want to look into it.
Just peeked: Moss Item No. 990-035 $7.95.
Bud Krueger
52TD
77MGB
John c Kahoon wrote:
> My generator won't charge a dead battery, it has field windings, and
> unless you put
> 12volts to the windings, it only puts out 1.5volts.
> Do use a good battery for checking gens./atls. and save yourself some
> aggravation.
> Does anyone know about voltage regulators ? I have a 71 midget with a
> generator,
> the regulator has three coils that are adjustable. I'd like to know what
> each is for, and
> how to set them ( gen light comes on at an idle since I cleaned the
> contacts )
>
> john.kahoon@juno.com
> 71 midget
>
> On Wed, 2 Sep 1998 07:37:16 -0400 Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
> writes:
> >Rule #1 of alternator diagnosis: Never try to diagnose a potentially
> >sick
> >alternator with a flat (or potentially sick) battery. Borrow a known
> >good
> >battery from another car if needed.
> >
> >Contrary to some folks belief, an alternator will not charge a flat
> >battery. A generator will (because it uses permanent magnets) but an
> >alternator won't (because it needs battery voltage to energize a set
> >of
> >electromagnets).
> >
> >Chris Kotting
> >ckotting@iwaynet.net
> >
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