Susan Tucker wrote:
> My TR4 system has been converted to negative groung. Can anyone tell me how
>to
> polarize the voltage regulator and generator? What connection do I touch with
> the positive/hot side of the battery? Do I take the positive of the battery to
> the field windings or to the brushes? Thanks for your help.
Susan, I just replaced my generator last weekend, and polarization is very
easy.
I followed these instructions from the Moss TR2-4 catalog (page 74), provided
here
FEORPO:
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Generator Polarization
Any replacement generator must be polarized to suit the vehicle's electrical
system, and therefore the following procedures must be adopted.
1) Fit the generator to the vehicle, but do not at this stage connect wires to
the
terminals.
2) Determine which terminal of the battery is "hot" (ie., not grounded to the
vehicle), and connect a length of wire to the terminal. If it is inconvenient to
connect the wire directly to the battery, it may instead be connected to the
"battery side" terminal of the starter solenoid.
3) Taking the free end of the wire, hold it against the field terminal (the
smaller terminal) of the generator for three to five seconds, after which time
the
generator is correctly polarized.
4) remove the temporary connector wire, and then restore the original wires to
the
terminals of the generator.
--
Steven Newell
Denver, CO
'62 TR4 http://www.cravetechnology.com/tr4.html
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