Posted by primerk5 on November 13, 2009 at 08:11:47 from (65.196.175.100):
About 10-15 years ago I restored my Farmall H. Rather than cleaning up my old regulator cover and repainting it I opted to replace it so I knew I had something good. That was a bad decision and stupidly, I tossed the old one in the trash back then. I've had lots of issues with the charging system ever since then. It dose charge now though. I had to haul it to someone to look at it. I was sorta "winterizing" it last weekend and decided to pull the battery out and put a battery tender charger on it. When I was having issues with the charging system I noticed that if a battery terminal was disconnected the tractor would quit. Being a young kid back then I really didn't know much about how charging systems work. So while I was fulling with it last weekend I decided to unhook the battery and see what happened. The tractor didn't quit. I figured that issue must have been fixed the when I had it looked at. I put the terminal back on and then I idled it down. I then decided to remove the battery while it was running and as soon as I pulled a wire off the terminal, the tractor quit. It then dawned on me that it must not be charging at lower rpms.
My question is,
Should or shouldn't it be charging at lower RPMS? I would think it should be and would want it to. It idles around at shows more than it ever gets to put the power down.
Details of the tractors charging system is 6 volt system wired as original with new harness. Original generator, starter and light switch. Generator and starter and test good.
I've put a multi meter on the battery and the charging isn't constant, its more erratic. I'm not sure that it should be on a generator charging system though. I'm more familiar with automotive charging systems.
I'm affraid to re-polarize the regulator since its working now, well sorta working.
This post was edited by primerk5 at 08:14:56 11/13/09 2 times.
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