Re: Charging system issue

Posted by Jim McDermaid On 2015/3/25 19:31:02

The 8 volt system is generally not the way to go.

If you connect a meter from the BAT terminal on the generator and the car frame as ground and there is any voltage less than your battery your generator is not working.

With the motor running of course.

measuring as above, take a clip lead (wire with a couple of aligator clips) and briefly touch the F or Field terminal on the generator to ground.

If the generator is working the voltage will rise fairly quickly so don't leave the wire on long (seconds).

If everything in the car is 6 volt I would go back to 6 volt Pos ground.

A lot of people tweak the regulator to get it to run 8 volts. Regulators are specific to neg or pos ground.

Usually improper battery cables are the cause of upping the voltage, which I should add will shorten the life of light bulbs which are getting harder to find.

Jim