Tom in TN
Well-known Member
- Location
- Southern Middle Tennessee
Good morning,
1973 Ford 2000, 3 cylinder gas.
I wasn't getting any charge from the generator to the battery. I took the generator to a rebuiling shop and the guy said that it was burned up
inside too bad to repair. I got a new generator from the New Holland dealer and the guy at the generator shop recommended that I also get a new
voltage regulator since it appeared that the generator overheated because the regulator was keeping it energized too long. I installed both the
generator and regulator and still don't have any charge to the battery. Here's what I see with the engine running:
1. The generator light on the instrument panel is off when the key is off, lights up when the key is turned on, and goes off when the engine starts.
2. 15.3 volts on the generator armature and the same 15.3 volts on the armature lug on the voltage regulator.
3. 4.0 volts on the field winding on the generator and the same 4.0 volts on the field lug on the voltage regulator.
4. Battery voltage of 12.3 volts on the battery and on the battery lugs on the regulator.
5. A good ground connection on the voltage regulator ground lug and ground to the cover over the regulator.
It looks to me like the cutout relay is not picking properly, thus, no (regulated) generator armature voltage is getting to the battery lug on the voltage
regulator, but it's a new voltage regulator.
What do you think? Am I missing something?
Thanks for any advice you could give to me.
Tom in TN
1973 Ford 2000, 3 cylinder gas.
I wasn't getting any charge from the generator to the battery. I took the generator to a rebuiling shop and the guy said that it was burned up
inside too bad to repair. I got a new generator from the New Holland dealer and the guy at the generator shop recommended that I also get a new
voltage regulator since it appeared that the generator overheated because the regulator was keeping it energized too long. I installed both the
generator and regulator and still don't have any charge to the battery. Here's what I see with the engine running:
1. The generator light on the instrument panel is off when the key is off, lights up when the key is turned on, and goes off when the engine starts.
2. 15.3 volts on the generator armature and the same 15.3 volts on the armature lug on the voltage regulator.
3. 4.0 volts on the field winding on the generator and the same 4.0 volts on the field lug on the voltage regulator.
4. Battery voltage of 12.3 volts on the battery and on the battery lugs on the regulator.
5. A good ground connection on the voltage regulator ground lug and ground to the cover over the regulator.
It looks to me like the cutout relay is not picking properly, thus, no (regulated) generator armature voltage is getting to the battery lug on the voltage
regulator, but it's a new voltage regulator.
What do you think? Am I missing something?
Thanks for any advice you could give to me.
Tom in TN