In Reply to: Re: Generator not charging on 6 V 49 8N posted by JMOR on June 05, 2013 at 11:29:14:
Thank you for your response.
From what you are indicating, if an INCORRECTLY polarized generator is connected a partially charged battery & VR and spun at 1500 rpm engine speed there is more of a likely chance of burning up both the Generator and VR, than if connected to a fully charged battery.
Still have the Simpson analog voltmeter with needle movement that I got in 1955 and still works for bench testing the generator output.
Still believe the motor test is the best method to check if generator will work properly, but the generator can rotate CW or CCW.
Made a wood tractor back in 1955 and used two 6 volt generators and two 6 volt batteries, one generator/motor on each rear wheel to motor the vehicle.
One generator/motor rotated CW and other CCW. It made the corners better than the Wood tractor my friend made using a solid rear axle and a horizaontal shaft lawn mover gasoline engine.
Since the manual procedure is based on the generator connected to the battery and VR, understand why it doesn't indicate which battery terminal to connect to generator terminal to polarize. However,if bench polarizing would be easy to connect + battery terminal to generator terminal by mistake. Seems like there are four possible combinations with a two terminal generator and only possiblies with a single terminal generator.
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