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He jumped from the 'hot' (positive) wire on the generator directly to the positive terminal on the battery....The problem instantly corrected itself.
Are you trying to say that your mechanic jumpered the generator's ground (G) terminal directly to the battery's ground (+) terminal and solved the problem. That would indicate a deficient ground for the generator.[/quote]
Sorry, gentlemen, I misspoke (miswrote?).
What Jerry did was to jump from the hot wire on the generator to the negative (-) terminal on the battery. This 6-volt, positive ground business tends to get me confused.
Anyway...on my car the terminal marked (-) is the terminal closest to the headlights. The terminal marked (+) is toward the firewall. Jerry's jumper went to the (-) terminal. He indicated the wire on the generator that he jumped from was the wire that carried away the juice the generator produces.
I hope this makes sense to those of you who understand these things.
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