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Re: [Mgs] How many miles should a generator brush set last?

To: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>, "MG List"
Subject: Re: [Mgs] How many miles should a generator brush set last?
From: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:23:30 +0200
I would say 50 K miles would be possible.
Point maybe, that your brushes may not be worn perhaps.
Dirt inside the brush holders might have caused, that the brush are not 
moving freely anymore and by this not making proper contact with the rotor 
of the generator.

Not charging also may have causes elsewhere like a defective or misadjusted 
regulator unit.

Cheers,

Hans

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>
To: "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 8:07 PM
Subject: [Mgs] How many miles should a generator brush set last?


> My car  (MGA with original generator/regulator) is clearly not
> charging the battery, so I need to investigate the charging system.
>
> It may be dirty contacts in the regulator, or it may be worn out
> brushes in the generator. In order to know which to investigate first,
> it would be useful if I knew the expected life of a set of brushes in
> a generator.
>
> Regards,
> Simon
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