Generator polarity??

Posted by fory On 2012/4/18 22:53:28

We were on the subject of generator polarity in class today, and it got me thinking... The previous owner changed my car to negative ground, and said they had the gen and starter rebuilt. The car seems to run fine, but as long as I've owned it I've suffered bad voltage loss. Usually I have to charge the battery every other day that it is driven. The more I drive, the more often it dies. I was told that the generator polarity needs to be changed when the (+) to (-) ground swap is made. When i test my gen, how will I know if it was done? Will it just not work if the polarity is wrong?