Talked with an old mechanic last night, the one that gave me my Delco fuse.
These attach right to the regulator terminal and the other end is a terminal you
attach the wire to. They come in 30 and 35 amp ratings so it is possible that 30
is not enough in full charge condition if you have a 35 amp regulator and
generator.
He said that the condition that usually blow these is the bat terminal
contacts sticking after the truck is shut off. The bat feeds the generator and
tries to turn it into a motor. If this happens without a fuse it could burn up
the wiring. He said even momentary sticking can blow the fuse and that a new
regulator might cure the problem.
Grant 50 3100
Passnb4U@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 9/29/99 4:41:09 PM Pacific Daylight Time, sculver@iwl.net
> writes:
>
> << I'm still blowing fuses on the wire from the armature side of the voltage
> regulator to the generator. Everything on the regulator looks new and
> shiny, and the contacts don't appear to be stuck. Because they are
> obviously adjustable, can I possibly have the wrong gap? And can anyone
> tell me what the correct gap setting would be for the regulator contacts on
> a '59 model 235? Also, anything else that might be blowing these danged 30
> amp fuses!
>
> Thanks- >>
>
> You know, last year I purchased a rebuilt generator for my truck, they came
> in 34 or 39/40/41 (something like that) amp ratings. You may not have enough
> fuse to run it.
>
> Mike
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