Red Mist said: (quoted from post at 05:46:40 05/03/08) Thanks to all for the suggestions. I'm going to repeat the continuity checks on the gen and field wires to the generator posts; but this time I'm going to check them with the wires disconnected from the VR to make sure I'm getting no feed through the VR. I am now wondering if the field and arm wires are crossed with each other at the generator? That would explain the full "discharge" when I jump the VR from the batt to the gen posts. mike
Well, I repeated the continuity checks from the VR to the generator - but this time with the ends of both leads disconnected. Thus, I got a true reading. (Last time I did not disconnect the leads.) Sure enough, the leads were crossed at the generator. I reversed them to correct the problem, polarized the generator and started it up to 3/4 throttle. Ammeter went positive and measured voltage taken at the battery posts showed 7.40V within just a few minutes. Sweet. This is the first job I've tackled on this beast that has not cost me an arm and a leg. Maybe we'll bond with each other afterall......
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