<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div>Alex</div><div>This may be a ridiculous suggestion, but my generator was not working recently and I finally noticed that the field wire had come loose at my voltage regulator. At first I was so busy looking around the genny that I never looked at the firewall where the regulator is and didn't see the wire hanging loose. </div><div>John O'Brien</div><div>'65 BJ8 (Madelyn)</div><div>'61 Bugeye (Lucy)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7.</div></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Alex <alexmm@roadrunner.com> </div><div>Date: 9/2/18 4:25 PM (GMT-06:00) </div><div>To: healeys@autox.team.net </div><div>Subject: [Healeys] Generator? </div><div><br></div></div><br>My BT7 generator seems dead. There's no output voltage at point D on the <br>generator at speed.<br><br>There's good -12V at regulator terminals A and A1. Might the series <br>coil and normally-open points on the regulator be open?<br><br>The engine lamp lights up, and starts to dim at around 3000 RPM. The <br>regulator has only 400 miles on it since replacement. My ammeter shows <br>zero amperes, although it will show a discharge if I turn on the lights.<br><br>Any thoughts before I pull the dynamo and check the brushes and commutator?<br><br>== Alex in Maine<br>1960 BT7<br><br><br>---<br>This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.<br>https://www.avg.com<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html<br>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br><br>Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys<br><br>Healeys@autox.team.net<br>http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys<br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/banjojohn@cox.net<br><br></body></html>