Soundguy
Old Timer
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2002
- Messages
- 52,238
- Location
- Central florida
- Tractor
- RK 55HC,ym1700, NH7610S, Ford 8N, 2N, NAA, 660, 850 x2, 541, 950, 941D, 951, 2000, 3000, 4000, 4600, 5000, 740, IH 'C' 'H', CUB, John Deere 'B', allis 'G', case VAC
Yep.. ditto.
I bought a tractor that just barely charged.. I mean.. the genny put out 13.0 volts.. I lived with that for a while, as it started and ran.. and as long as you ran it for an hour before putting it up.. it actually did recharge the battery enough to start the next time. At the point where I wanted to use lamps.. then i ran into problems.
I started digging into it and found it was the wrong reg.. kind of. The cutout was pulling in, but there was no working field control. The only reason the genny put anything out was that the reg had a bias resistor across the fild control, providing a very little bit of field current.. and thus a very little bit of charge. The ampmeter was wired int he system.. somewhere.. but not in the charge line... This was, as you mention.. a head scratcher that ended with new wireing, and a properly setup vr.
Soundguy
I bought a tractor that just barely charged.. I mean.. the genny put out 13.0 volts.. I lived with that for a while, as it started and ran.. and as long as you ran it for an hour before putting it up.. it actually did recharge the battery enough to start the next time. At the point where I wanted to use lamps.. then i ran into problems.
I started digging into it and found it was the wrong reg.. kind of. The cutout was pulling in, but there was no working field control. The only reason the genny put anything out was that the reg had a bias resistor across the fild control, providing a very little bit of field current.. and thus a very little bit of charge. The ampmeter was wired int he system.. somewhere.. but not in the charge line... This was, as you mention.. a head scratcher that ended with new wireing, and a properly setup vr.
Soundguy