[Healeys] MORE: Generator?

[Alex]

Hi Jim,

Well, I use the car a lot during the warm season, driving it every few 
days, so my thought is that it's more likely the commutator and/or 
brushes, and maybe defective windings. The date code on the things is 
4-60 so it's from 1960 I guess..

== Alex


On 9/3/2018 8:42 PM, jim wrote:
>
> Hi Michael,
>>
>> First I checked the field winding's continuity with an ohmmeter. It 
>> isn't open, but I have no way of knowing what the correct resistance 
>> should be (there may be shorted windings for all I know).
>>
>> Then I tied the output terminal (D) to the field winding terminal (F) 
>> with a short robust clip lead.
>>
>> In any case, when I run the engine with the generator windings tied 
>> together and disconnected from the car's wiring, I get about 12 volts 
>> DC. If I rev the engine to 3000 RPM, the voltage doesn't rise. That 
>> seems to me to indicate a flaky generator.
> Maybe a bit late but has the thing been sitting for a while ...If so, 
> the generator may just need to be polarized...
>
> Jim



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