Working on my 43 2N front mount that a PO put battery negative ground and been running this way since.
Replaced the non-working 3 wire genny that had a jumper wire (PO installed) going across the 2 studs that would have gone to the V.R. due to front bearing started screaming.
Replaced with a 1 wire and replaced the cut-out as mounting tabs were broke off.
I understand the need to polarize genny to make it work.
As I understand it I need to jump across cut-out can for direct contact from battery to genny and just a spark will do. And any time I disconnect the battery I need to repolarize this way.
Now for my confusion part. As I understand the way the cut-out can works is that any time the genny makes more power than battery has it closes the points and any time battery has more power it opens the points effectively disconnecting battery from genny.
The point that confuses me is that when the points are open is that not the same as disconnecting the battery?
Please educate this confused ol' brain of mine.
Thanks, Norm
Replaced the non-working 3 wire genny that had a jumper wire (PO installed) going across the 2 studs that would have gone to the V.R. due to front bearing started screaming.
Replaced with a 1 wire and replaced the cut-out as mounting tabs were broke off.
I understand the need to polarize genny to make it work.
As I understand it I need to jump across cut-out can for direct contact from battery to genny and just a spark will do. And any time I disconnect the battery I need to repolarize this way.
Now for my confusion part. As I understand the way the cut-out can works is that any time the genny makes more power than battery has it closes the points and any time battery has more power it opens the points effectively disconnecting battery from genny.
The point that confuses me is that when the points are open is that not the same as disconnecting the battery?
Please educate this confused ol' brain of mine.
Thanks, Norm