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Charging or Not Charging that is the question

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Charging or Not Charging that is the question

Postby The Riot » Thu Apr 12, 2018 7:30 am

Hello Everyone,
On "Big Red" a 1963, 6 volt positive ground Cub, when I pull the ignition switch the ammeter needle move to negative and when I start her up the needle never moves to the positive, charging side. I had the gen checked at a local generator shop a while back and when I reinstalled it was showing good on the ammeter, but now it's doing this.
I'm hoping it's the ammeter that's bad, how do I go about determining if the gen is working properly and if my ammeter is good or bad?

Thank you all,
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Re: Charging or Not Charging that is the question

Postby Slim140 » Thu Apr 12, 2018 7:31 am

Your voltage regulator may need a little cleaning between the contact points.
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Re: Charging or Not Charging that is the question

Postby Gary Dotson » Thu Apr 12, 2018 7:53 am

Connect a volt meter across the battery, first not running then engine running at about half throttle. If the reading increases, when running, it's at least charging some. It's probably not the meter. If it's not charging, check the regulator contacts as mentioned above. I'm sure someone will guide you to the flow chart for testing the system.

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Re: Charging or Not Charging that is the question

Postby Jim Becker » Thu Apr 12, 2018 8:31 am

Shane Nelson wrote:Your voltage regulator may need a little cleaning between the contact points.

And clean up the grounds, particularly for the regulator.

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Re: Charging or Not Charging that is the question

Postby tst » Thu Apr 12, 2018 9:25 am

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