OK Hot Rod Lincoln. Here's the report. These are under (no load.) After increasing the spring tension Generator voltage at the (gen. is 16.5v,) On the voltage regulator- On the (battery term. voltage is 15.9v,) the (ARM. is 16.13v.) The voltage at the (battery is 15.50v.) / Now this is the only way I know to put a load on the system so I turned the headlights on high beam and the engine was at a pretty fast idle. Here are the numbers: Voltage at the (gen was 14.30v)-The voltage at the regulator was (Battery term.-13.85v) (At the ARM.term the voltage was 14.20v.) The (battery voltage was 13.50v.)THE LAST SET OF NUMBERS WERE UNDER A LOAD. The Volt/amp gauge needle moved to a point that it covered the the discharge side of the -0- on the gauge. It never moved any more than that. I can see that the system must be charging. Do you think that the gauge may need replacing? Again, thank you for being so patient with me and helping me with this problem. I could not have gotten this far with out you and "leitmotif." This again proves what a great place "Stovebolt" is. Thanks, Steven
I dont like the near 2V drop between no load and full load. The term is droop all machines have it and is good thing but not in big doses.
I get the idea you do not have VOM which really hampers things. Here is why
You need to be able to adjust regulator to get correct voltage at full load. This means you need an ammeter on generator output to battery and a voltmeter on battery.
Headlights make a perfect load.
One more thing I would check with headlights on is volt drop on wire from gen to batt ie Gen X (+?)to batt X. I would look int the 0.7 volt drop.
As is 13.5 will be good enough at nite. BUT I would like daytme a bit closeer to 14.5
However you are getting close.
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