azmichael1 Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 I have searched and searched here and elsewhere to try to solve my generator problem but can't seem to find just what I need to know. I recently installed new battry, NOS regulator and rebuilt generator and the car still seems to be running off the battery and not recharging. I have done all the tests with jumper wire and voltmeter and think it is probably the rebuilt generator I put in which appeared smaller than the original and now I'm wondering if that could be a VW generator or something like that and not capable of handling my system.......as for testing, while the car is running, if I put the voltmeter on the armature post (and ground) on the generator and get 6 volt reading, that means I'm getting proper voltage to the generator, right ? so what should I expect to see if I put the voltmeter on the field post and ground ? I'm thinking if the generator is working I should see something like 7.1 that is being put out into the system.............is this correct ? Any help anyone has to offer will be greatly appreciated Mike '48 p-15 Deluxe Apache Junction, Arizona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg g Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 did you polarize the genny? A working 6v genny should put out 7.1 to 7.4 volts. If the genny was new and not used before it need to be told what ground it will be working with. Search polarize, as there are several posts on the procedure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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