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| krv3000:
hi well my tiny tim has past a way considering its 70 yers old it ant dun to bad it had its armature rewawnd 20 yers a go and sat under my work bench so i desided to dig it out and sell it after new oil fresh petrol it ran had to kleen the ponts at one pont all semd well whent over jhons on sunday with it as he was intrested in it it started up ok began to charge the battery that it was conekted to then it stopt charging fetcht it back home striped out the brushes kleend and cheked all the wiering engine runs fine but no charge it cost £90 to have the rewind dun so no dawt it will be a lot more gnaw any way has any of you got one thats a non runer a bit of in fo on them this one that i have my dad libarated it from a hell cat they wher fited in tanks after the war the cumpany making them turnd them in to portibel ones by fiting them with petrol tanks when they whr fited in tanks the fule came from the tank and its exorst ran strat in to the tanks any way sum pics of mine |
| vtsteam:
Bob, is there a relay type voltage regulator on it? You might check the generator for output before the regulator. Also depending on the type of regulator, they sometimes need to be polarized once in awhile to be able to cut in and charge a battery. It's a cool little generator.... |
| steampunkpete:
It might be worth something to people restoring WWII US tanks or owners of same, there is a surprising number of them about (tanks and people both). |
| krv3000:
hi thers no out put reg on it only the portibel ones had them fited and its defently got no out put |
| hermetic:
Bob, Have you tried the old dynamo trick of putting a battery across the field coil to restore the residual magnetism. If you look up "repolarising a dynamo" on google you will see what I mean. You have to connect one side of the battery to the chassis or ground of the generator, then flash the other side of the battery onto the field connection, If the generator is positive earth, put positive to the ground or chassis. hold the wire on for a few seconds, then take it off and you should get a spark, keep doing this till you get a nice fat popping spark, then try your generator again. If it has been stood a fair time unused, it is far more likely to have lost ist residual magnetism than it is to have a faulty armature. Also check the brushes are free in their holders and making good contact with the armature.Good luck Phil. Phil |
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