I polarized it initially by use of a jumper wire across batt and arm with a spark showing. After I installed the new ammeter and reconnected the battery, I again polarized just in case... but I did it at the regulator. I am going to follow the above advice from Jerry on checking the generator at the arm terminal of the actual generator. I have had the truck running enough to think if it was running without a generator working I would have killed the battery. I just can not get the ammeter to move into charge and the last one did exactly the same thing. The grounding of the field terminal of the regulator did nada...... on the gauge.
By the way Jerry, I only removed the ground wire (which I clearly will not do again based on your caution) as I thought it was a good indicator of the generator working and saw it in the archives...... Did the truck stalling right away indicate it was not working besides being the wrong thing to do? You electron guys know how to keep us regular (read baffled) guys scared of the ohm-amp-current- burn you down monster...
Lastly, should I repeat polarization or is it like being kind of pregnant??
Thanks Ralph
