Paul,
I checked the generator already using that procedure -- it seemed to be OK.
Simon
>From: "Paul Hunt (T)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
>To: "Simon Matthews" <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>,<mgs@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: Bench testing regulator
>Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 10:06:54 -0000
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>Only by replicating the conditions on the car, which is where the Workshop
>Manual gets its figures from, so there doesn't seem much point. The first
>thing to do is eliminate the dynamo by disconnecting the loom and
>connecting
>its D and F terminals together. Slowly increase the engine speed from idle
>watching a voltmeter connected to the bridged terminals and ground. It
>should rise towards 20v, don't go above this figure, and it should happen
>by
>1000 rpm. These figures are for an MGB. Then do the same with the wires
>at
>the F and D terminals on the control box to eliminate that part of the
>wiring. Unless you can get a consistent reading like that there is no
>point
>checking the control box any further.
>
>PaulH.
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