[T3] Odd Electrical Gremlin - Voltage Regulator?
Robert Bills
rdbills at aol.com
Tue Jan 31 15:17:06 PST 2012
Robert Bills wrote:
>> Examination of the old VR revealed that the points were pitted, but
>> not welded together. Apparently they were sticking[?] It also
>> appears that the primary coil got hot at some point, but nothing more
>> than slight discoloration. Hopefully I didn't fry the generator.
Jim Adney replied:
>"Primary coil"? In the generator or the VR? In the generator, we're
>concerned about the armature windings. You should be able to look in
>there and see if they've gotten really hot.
In the VR. I'm not sure "primary coil" is a proper term. It was the
best description I could think of at the time. Its the "thick" coil fed
from the B+ terminal. The generator armature windings look fine.
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