charging system doesn't

[dudespine]

Hi All, I'm looking for suggestions...I have installed a new (not rebuilt) generator and control box on my car and still the ignition light glows. Battery cables are fine. Leads between the box and generator are fine. Both are properly grounded. Could it be a bad battery? What are the chances that the control box is mal-adjusted? Thanks, Mike

[Terry Sanders]

Mike, you might have to flash the field on your new generator to get it to build up..... Terry in Oakland dudespine mdudasik@optonline.net> wrote: Hi All, I'm looking for suggestions...I have installed a new (not rebuilt) generator and control box on my car and still the ignition light glows. Battery cables are fine. Leads between the box and generator are fine. Both are properly grounded. Could it be a bad battery? What are the chances that the control box is mal-adjusted? Thanks, Mike Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Dean Jensen]

Hi Mike So if you have the wires disconnected, and a voltmeter across the terminals, will the generator come up to 15 volts. I would think the 12.5 at the battery after it is running, is just the battery voltage. Cheers Dean -----Original Message----- From: Mike Dudasik [mailto:mdudasik@optonline.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 10:33 PM To: Dean Jensen Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] charging system doesn't Thanks Dean, I've done those checks previously but nothing to report. I do have to jump the car to get it started and once it is running I get 12.5v across the battery. Should be closer to 14. The search continues... Mike

----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean Jensen" djensen@accessus.net> To: "'dudespine'" mdudasik@optonline.net> Cc: t-abc@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 9:55 AM Subject: RE: [mg-tabc] charging system doesn't > Hi Mike > If you are starting your car with the battery, it can not be the > battery. I would check to make sure the generator is working, you need > a DC volt meter for this, an AC volt meter will work in a pinch, but the > reading will probably not be accurate. To check out the generator, take > the wires off (2)of the generator terminals, and connect the two post > together, connect the volt meter from the large post, (hot side) to the > chassis. Start the car, keep the RPM's down, check to see if the volt > meter is reading anything, increase the RPM's the voltage should > increase, do not increase the voltage much over 15 volts. If you have > voltage, and it increases, nothing wrong with the generator, I would > look to the voltage regulator, if the circuit was working at one time > but stopped, chances are the wiring is okay. Really nothing else left. > Cheers Dean > > -----Original Message----- > From: dudespine [mailto:mdudasik@optonline.net] > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 5:47 PM > To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [mg-tabc] charging system doesn't > > > > Hi All, I'm looking for suggestions...I have installed a new (not > rebuilt) generator and control box on my car and still the ignition > light glows. Battery cables are fine. Leads between the box and > generator are fine. Both are properly grounded. Could it be a bad > battery? What are the chances that the control box is mal-adjusted? > Thanks, > Mike > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >