[Healeys] Polarizing a generator?

[Ron Mitchell]

I recently had some catastrophic events with regard to the charging system on
my 
AH 3000 MkII BN7.  I won't go into all the details but I'm now in a
position 
that I have replaced the Battery twice in 4 weeks.  Once at Conclave
and once at 
Encounter.  While in Maryland visiting my daughter I had a new
voltage regulator 
and rebuilt generator installed only to have the battery go
dead on the way home 
to Michigan.  I had to have the car Flat Bedded home the
last 365 miles (ouch).  
What a pain in the wallet.

I have a rebuilt
generator that I installed now that I am home and after 
installing it I went
to the Internet to find out how to properly Polarize the 
Generator.  I found
the info on this Web Site  
 http://starautoelectric.com/page25.php   and
followed the instructions which 
resulted in the Generator charging properly
and finally turning out the idiot 
light.  The generator that was installed at
great expense in Maryland was faulty 
which resulted in the dead battery on
the road.

My question is this.  Moss has an instructional video on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPUfQtVEJGg    which tell us to Polarize the
generator at the Votage regulator by touching a wire between the "A" terminal
and the "F" terminal of the regulator. The Web Site above has the following
warning.  "Under no circumstances touch the "F" terminal or any other part of
the regulator or you could damage the regulator."
 
Who is right?

I followed
the instruction provided on the Web Site and the Generator works just 
fine. 
Ron Mitchell