Posted by fixerupper on December 04, 2013 at 20:06:02 from (100.42.83.15):
Back on Dec 2 I posted about the regulator on my B not charging and I asked about the reason for the ballast resistor bolted to the field terminal of the regulator. This afternoon I finally had a chance to fiddle with it. I removed the resistor and put the field wire from the genny straight on the field tab of the regulator with no results. It ended up the field points needed cleaning. That got it charging but only two or three amps like it always has in the past, never past three amps or so. This was with the resistor back on. The battery was a little low so it should have been putting out a few more amps than that, so I increased the spring pressure on the field points just a bit. That got it to putting out ten or a little more with the lights off. When I turned the lights on the needle went to zero but at least it didn't discharge. Dead grounding the field makes it peg the ammeter at 20 amps. I'm leaving it alone at that. It's ready to be tucked away for the winter. Oil is changed, zerks greased, fresh anti-freeze, what more could it want? LOL. Thanks for the suggestions you guys gave me in the first post.
Jim, you wanted a picture of the regulator with the top off and a pic of the 'resistor'. I didn't read your request till tonight after it was buttoned up. It's a regular looking two unit regulator and the resistor is approximately 5/16" in diameter and maybe 2" long with a long 6X32 thread bolt going through it from top to bottom. The bolt fastens it to the field tab on the regulator. The field wire from the genny bolts to a tab on the side of the resistor. I can see the wire wound around it under the plastic covering. Thanks again. Jim
This post was edited by fixerupper at 15:57:12 12/05/13.
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