I just finished putting my "41 9N back together and am testing the generator as well as experimenting with the hi-lo setting because I have lights installed. Still a 6v with cutout and single-wire generator. All lights add up to 83W, 13-14amps.
1. In trying to measure voltage at the battery with engine running, a digital voltmeter readout was jumping all over the place. The analog meter reads about 6v engine off, 8-9v engine running. Is it normal for a digital meter to do this? The meter is working properly as far as I know. "Dirty" power?
2. I"m seeing a difference of 12-15 amps (hard to tell on analog ammeter) with lights off/on - sounds about right.
3. With the lights off, hi-lo screwdriver slot at "12:00", full throttle, ammeter reads 7amps
4. hi-lo at 3:00 13 amps full throttle
5. mid-throttle, 5 and 10 amps at 12:00 and 3:00
So far , I believe all sounds normal and working as expected according to what I"ve read out there....please correct me if you disagree.
But, I"m also trying to confirm that with lights on I have enough output to not drain battery.
When I pull a battery cable at mid or low throttle, with lights off, the engine stays running, since the generator is supplying the power.
You"d think at high throttle I could do this - but the engine dies - whether generator hi-lo is at 12:00 or 3:00. Why would the engine die? I would think at high throttle and hi on generator - the engine would stay running . Lights were off (I hadn"t tried turning them on yet with battery cable off as that would have been the next step)
Any thoughts on the engine dying and the digital multimeter jumping around?
Thanks in advance.
Gary
1. In trying to measure voltage at the battery with engine running, a digital voltmeter readout was jumping all over the place. The analog meter reads about 6v engine off, 8-9v engine running. Is it normal for a digital meter to do this? The meter is working properly as far as I know. "Dirty" power?
2. I"m seeing a difference of 12-15 amps (hard to tell on analog ammeter) with lights off/on - sounds about right.
3. With the lights off, hi-lo screwdriver slot at "12:00", full throttle, ammeter reads 7amps
4. hi-lo at 3:00 13 amps full throttle
5. mid-throttle, 5 and 10 amps at 12:00 and 3:00
So far , I believe all sounds normal and working as expected according to what I"ve read out there....please correct me if you disagree.
But, I"m also trying to confirm that with lights on I have enough output to not drain battery.
When I pull a battery cable at mid or low throttle, with lights off, the engine stays running, since the generator is supplying the power.
You"d think at high throttle I could do this - but the engine dies - whether generator hi-lo is at 12:00 or 3:00. Why would the engine die? I would think at high throttle and hi on generator - the engine would stay running . Lights were off (I hadn"t tried turning them on yet with battery cable off as that would have been the next step)
Any thoughts on the engine dying and the digital multimeter jumping around?
Thanks in advance.
Gary