Larry -
It is fairly common for voltage regulator relay contacts to fry if the
generator is charging too long. This will happen if your battery was
low on charge... and then with the new regulator... it was charging
for a far longer period than it is designed to take.
You can investigate this by popping off the regulator cover and
looking at the contact points. If one of them looks burned or
partially melted, that is your problem.
In many cases you can sand paper the contact ends and re bend the
contact points closer together and the voltage regulator will start
working again, otherwise you need to get a new voltage regulator.
Fully charge your battery with a bench charger before starting the
car!
Regards,
Alan
'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
On 5/31/05, LarryRPH@aol.com <LarryRPH@aol.com> wrote:
> Listers,
>
> I need advice on a very frustrating problem the has developed with my BN 6.
> I searched the archives and couldn't find anything that would help.
>
> My problem started with a battery going dead after about 1 year. I put in a
> new battery and noticed that my ammeter went into a slightly negative range
> and the "igntion" light in the dash stayed on. (I should note that the car
> never showed a great deal of generation at idle speed. In fact it would go
>into
> the negative range if I turned the lights on).
>
> I had the generator rebuilt and the rebuilder said it was shorting into
> the case, had badly worn brushes, and worn bearings. HeI rebuilt it and said
> it showed normal generating capabilities upon bench test. I reinstalled the
> generator and the situation (No chage) remained.
>
> I bought a new voltage regulator and installed it. I was happy to see that
> it seemed to rectify the situation - show about 15 amps charge at start and
> slowy come down to about 1 or 2 amps. Turing on all the lights, radio, fan,
>etc
> would bring it to discharge zone at idle but would go back to plus when
> increasing the engine speed. I was very happy till I took it for a ride this
> afternoon and after about 1/2 hour, it reverted back to its old ways= no or
>little
> generating at road speed or idle.
>
> I checked all the connections and they seem to be ok. The belt is tight
> enough to spin the generator. So where do I go from here?. Any and all
> suggestions would be most appreciated. I have a Crane electronic igntion
>system and
> that has worked perfeclty for the last 6 or 7 years
>
> Larry Wysocki
>
> BN 6
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