<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr"><span>ah ha</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>thanks</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1475953665854_3925" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1475953665854_3924"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1475953665854_3923"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Randall <TR3driver@ca.rr.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 'Frank Fisher' <yellowtr3@yahoo.com>; 'Triumphs List' <triumphs@autox.team.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, October 7, 2016 7:19 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> RE: [TR] tr3 generator woes<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1475953665854_3922"><br>Just a thought:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Last year my original control box started acting flakey during a drive.<br clear="none">After some investigation, I learned that the grounds for the two shunt coils<br clear="none">(one per relay) weren't making good contact. The wire is soldered to a<br clear="none">brass sleeve that slips over the bolt through the center of the coil. But<br clear="none">if the sleeve doesn't make good electrical contact to the bolt, the<br clear="none">associated function won't work right. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">For the cutout, that means not pulling in as it should (red light stays on).<br clear="none"><br clear="none">For the regulator, that means the current and/or voltage can go very high.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Might be your friend's problem.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I added a ground wire to ensure a good connection, but likely just cleaning<br clear="none">up the sleeve and reassembling would work for a long time.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I also checked several control boxes from the junk bin, and most of them had<br clear="none">the same problem.<div class="yqt7039312046" id="yqtfd15190"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- Randall <br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>