[Healeys] Generator?

[Alex]

Thanks for your insight, Gordy.

Yes, I still have the old original regulator and have been thinking of 
restoring its contacts. The new one, made in India, is very light in 
construction. It has only 400 miles on it.

I did clean the new one's points using a burnishing tool. The points 
seem okay.

Today I plan on checking to see if the field winding is intact, using my 
ohmmeter.

Yup, I avidly read the list postings but usually don't have much to add.

((KD8QAV DE AI2Q, Vy 73, OM! ))

== Alex in Maine
      1960 BT7, "The Blue Mainie"



On 9/3/2018 8:16 AM, ggilliam at usol.com wrote:
> Alex...haven't seen you on "the list" for a while...
>  You may want to pull the cover off the regulator, after disconnecting 
> the battery, visually check the relay contacts, maybe run a burnishing 
> tool through
> them...still have the old regulator? Some of these reproductions are 
> not very reliable.
> 73's
> Gordy KD8QAV, Longbridge BN4
>
>
> On 2018-09-02 17:25, Alex wrote:
>> My BT7 generator seems dead. There's no output voltage at point D on
>> the generator at speed.
>>
>> There's good -12V at regulator terminals A and A1.  Might the series
>> coil and normally-open points on the regulator be open?
>>
>> The engine lamp lights up, and starts to dim at around 3000 RPM. The
>> regulator has only 400 miles on it since replacement. My ammeter shows
>> zero amperes, although it will show a discharge if I turn on the
>> lights.
>>
>> Any thoughts before I pull the dynamo and check the brushes and 
>> commutator?
>>
>> == Alex in Maine
>> 1960 BT7
>>
>>
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