Re: Question About my Generator...

Posted by PackardV8 On 2012/3/7 11:56:57

An AMP meter shows direction, to-or-from the battery in amps. A volt meter only indicates voltage. Volt meter does not distinguish from WHERE the voltage is comming. It simply measure voltage in the entire system (regardless of what is disconnected or not). UNless there is somekind of a new voltmeter offered over the last few years i have not kept up with. Some do show polarity in the DRO type meters.


YEs, in the case of revving ANY generator UNREGULATED to high rpm then as much as 70 or even 90 volts can be produced. But to produce such hi voltage usually requires engine speeds in the range of 2500 and higher rpm.

I thot we were dealing with a POST war Packard in this case anyway which i would assume to mean it has a regulator, not a cut out. Even still the test i indicated was to increase engine speed just a little higher than idle speed.