<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/><title></title></head><body><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">Hello Mike,<br /></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">I presume the points sticked together, causing the generater to produce a high output voltage at the generastor D-Terminal, which resulted in an extremely high current which welded the points together. The generator got extremely hot (had to gave much more power than it was designed for) and the bar broke out.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">Simple, but that´s to my opinion what happened.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">Betreff: [Healeys] Electrics</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">Datum: 2022-11-27T02:52:14+0100</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">Von: "Mike Sinclair" <phoenix722@comcast.net></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">An: "Healey List" <healeys@autox.team.net></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Need some enlightenment. Awhile back, the car (BJ8) was running fine, but I noticed the little red light that says the battery isn't being charged was on. (I do keep the battery on a Battery Minder" when not in use.) Chased the system down, and discovered the generator was putting out zero volts. Adjusted the fan belt, no change. On closer inspection, the rotor was damaged (a bar was actually missing). Had the unit rebuilt, and it is working fine, but still had the little red light wouldn't go out. Checked all the connections, continuity, voltage regulator, couldn't find any thing out of the ordinary. Finally, upon closer inspection of the regulator with a mirror, found the contacts on one of the coils were welded together, and the leaf spring holding that contact was completely severed. According to the manual, this is the "cutoff coil". New regulator solved the problem.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Now the questions.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">1. What could cause the rotor to be damaged?</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">2. What could cause the points to weld together?</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">3. Which likely failed first? Did one cause the other?<br /></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">4. I'm guessing the points stuck together first, and caused the leaf spring to break, so first the points were always "closed", and then always "open".</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">5. Would any of this cause damage to anything else, e.g., the battery?</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Again, everything seems normal, now. Battery holds charge well.<br /></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Mike</span></p>
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