At 04:08 PM 2/7/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Can someone spell out the procedure for polarizing a generator. I
>just installed a rebuilt one and my generator lite stays on. I'm
>assuming that it needs to be polarized.
>
You intall the generator, then, breifly connect a jumper from the Battery
to the Field terminal.
This sets up a small magnitic field so that when the thing starts to charge
it charges in the correct polarity.
Your symptom may be another area. What did you do about the regulator?
Tom Howard
Lakeside Union School District
('72 Triumph GT6, and a good bit of USA iron)
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