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<div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><font face="Arial Black">Hi Michael, <br clear="none">
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<p><font face="Arial Black">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).<br clear="none">
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<font face="Arial Black">Then I tied the output terminal (D) to the field winding terminal (F) with a short robust clip lead.
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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.</font></div></blockquote></div></div><div>Maybe a bit late but has the thing been sitting for a while ...If so, the generator may just need to be polarized...<br><div><br>Jim<br></div></div></div></div>
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