Re: 8 volt batteries?

Posted by Jim McDermaid On 2013/1/17 16:23:00

In a positive ground car all you would have to do is remove the connector from the negative terminal of the battery and use a short piece of wire to jump momentarily between the battery negative and the GEN terminal of the regulator or the Armature terminal directly on the generator for a second or so. I do this a couple of times.

I actually did it with a clip lead (wire with two alligator clips on the ends) and I connected between the Gen and Bat terminals on my regulator. Then I touched the battery cable to the battery post for a couple of seconds. I removed the clip lead before I reconnected the battery cable.

I always remove one battery connector before I work on the electrical system. I go for the side that isn't grounded which is negative in my case. The regulator terminals are BAT - GEN - FLD left to right.

What you accomplish is magnetizing the Field polarity which is the outer shell and pole pieces of the generator in the proper polarity.

After I start the engine and everything looks OK and the GEN light has immediately gone out, I measure the voltage at the battery which should be about 7.5 if the system is charging correctly.

Jim