<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Simon</span></font></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I don' think that polarisation exercise did anything to anything. And, turning that switch in the boot is NOT the same as removing a cable from the battery. If he had removed the black/white cable from the switch it would have been the same though. That black/white cable grounds the ignition when the switch is turned off, it's like a Stone Age immobilizer if you like.</span></font></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I'm sure the problem is that the brushes in the generator are worn out, it usually is. Just replace them, it's not that difficult. <br><br>Skickat från min iPad</span></font></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Per</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">1 maj 2017 kl. 21:02 skrev Simon Lachlan <<a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk">simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk</a>>:<br><br></span></font></div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" face="UICTFontTextStyleTallBody"><span style="font-size: 21px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The BJ8 genny saga continues. (My nephew is an Air Traffic Controller and his shifts have not enabled him to get down to the car as often as he might have liked. I’ve just retired, so the boot’s on the other foot on my side of the Channel!)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" face="UICTFontTextStyleTallBody"><span style="font-size: 21px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Now, he’s done some tests which I think are pretty conclusive. Any of you gurus out there who are electrically minded – R2D2 eat your heart out -….I’d appreciate your input.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" face="UICTFontTextStyleTallBody"><span style="font-size: 21px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">See Pierre-Henri’s email, below. (My comments in brackets)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" face="UICTFontTextStyleTallBody"><span style="font-size: 21px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">QUOTE</span></font></p><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper"><p><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></p><p><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">1) Polarization</span></font></p><p><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">-Then I turned off the switch in the boot to disconnect terminal - from the battery (same as disconnecting a terminal from the battery). The engine stopped instantly.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(This is per an answer from Norman Nock that I’ve kept on file for ages. He advised:- turn on engine, disconnect a battery terminal and, if engine stops, the genny is knackered. Norman was The Man and it seems like a good, neat test. Is PH correct in assuming that turning off the battery switch is the same as removing a battery lead??)</span></font></p><p><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I could take it home and disassemble it?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(Yes. To check the brushes. Only. We don’t have the facilities or skill in either location to do more than the brushes.)</span></font></p></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><br></div></blockquote><style><!--
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