[Spridgets] generator/regulator - Progress

[derf]

Let the sparks fly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPUfQtVEJGg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV8FFgia7uU


On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Michael Rowe <mdrowe at optonline.net> wrote:

> Following advice, I bought a really cheap analog voltmeter, which works
> where my expensive digital one does not.  If the polarity is wrong, the
> needle moves backward, which makes it easy.  It is very small, so reading
> are approximate.
>
> So here's what I have found just now:
> - New battery, new regulator (supposedly adjusted by Moss), new generator.
> - With engine off, voltage is 12+ = fresh battery.
> - Spark generator directly from battery to regulator F terminal.
> - With engine on, battery voltage drops.
> - With engine on, voltage at the regulator F terminal is 24v or more,
> which John Twist says means the generator is not properly polarized.
>
> So how do I polarize it?  Is it dead if it does not respond properly?
>
> Michael Rowe
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