What should I see coming out of the Generator at the armature post grounded to the body? I'm seeing 11.5 and Its a 12 Volt Generator. Obviously it should be more. Is there anything that I should be checking on the Generator internally that may be causing its lacking of Charging? I swear when i first checked it I was getting 25 volts or so. I don't know what happened. I was following the directions in the below link and somewhere along the line I lost the high voltage at the armature post.
Originally I wasn't seeing any positive charge at the Ammeter, just a discharge when the lights were on. I'm pretty sure I don't have a real great ground between the case and the tractor at this point. But I have jumped it for now to get a good ground. Then everything seemed to go wrong. And yes I did polarize the generator. and as I said the most i could get out of it at the armature terminal was 11.5 volts.
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Originally I wasn't seeing any positive charge at the Ammeter, just a discharge when the lights were on. I'm pretty sure I don't have a real great ground between the case and the tractor at this point. But I have jumped it for now to get a good ground. Then everything seemed to go wrong. And yes I did polarize the generator. and as I said the most i could get out of it at the armature terminal was 11.5 volts.
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