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Generator problems 1800

Ive written in before about problems with my generator- typically it turnes out to be some problem with the regulator which is eventually mysteriously resolved by something- the worst way to solve any problem- and i never know exactly what. ive replaced this regulator 3 times. and this on is relatively new but old enough to know its not faulty. so here is the run down of my systematic look at it:
1. All connections seem to be good- tested with a multimeter, they are all making contact.
2. I found that the brown-green wire to the generator was diconnected- reconnected it and tested the connection.
3. Voltage to regulator B+ is 12 volts
4. With power off, i tested the connections within the regulator- when i force it to close, all the connections are good.
5. The light "seems" to flicker with rpm around 5000- only a tiny tiny bit and could be nothing at all.
6. with the car on, manually forcing the regulator to make a connection- the light goes off completely.

By my interpertation of the regulator, it looks like there is a coil of copper wire which with increasing rpm gets a charge and acts as a magnet to attract the metal connection and when enough charge is gained the two make contact and you have a charging battery. So it seems that this coil is not getting a charge. Anything that is suggested is great help. Im still pretty new at all this- still trying to learn exactly how everything works so any correction of my above thoughts is great too. Thanks






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New Generator problems [1800]
posted by  davidws  on Tue May 24 13:37 CST 2005 >


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