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Dwight Tuttle 07-02-2012 22:04:29 97.123.91.17 Report to Moderator	John, Thank you for your reply. I printed out, what you sent me, and I will see what I can do in the morning. If I turn on the lights, the ammeter shows a slight discharge. If I engage the starter, it doesn't show anything. I installed a brand new 12 volt battery, about a month ago. All new wiring was installed on the generator, by the people, that rebuilt the generator. I have a three post voltage regulator on the front and one post on the back. The VR is new. Both post on the ammeter are reading electric hot. The field wire from the VR goes to the light switch. When it was on the test bench, it showed 13.3 volts and 5 amps. Would it still need to be Polarize? I do have a Mag with positive ground. John, thanks again and Blessings. Dwight in NM. [Reply]   [No Email]
John T 07-03-2012 06:12:57 199.190.54.237 Report to Moderator	Re: Ammeter in reply to Dwight Tuttle, 07-02-2012 22:04:29   If its a 3 terminal (BAT FLD GEN/ARM) or a 4 terminal (BAT LOAD FLD GEN/ARM) THERE SHOULD BE NOOOOOOOOOOOOO WIRE TO THE LIGHT SWITCH !!!!!!! On many 4 terminal VR's BAT LOAD FLD are side by side while GEN/ARM is underneath or off on one side all by itself If its a 2 wire (BAT GEN/ARM) Cutout Relay then the gennys FLD does wire to the light switch. SOUNDS LIKE IT MAY NOT BE WIRED RIGHT !!!!!!!! It may be polarized at neg ground at the shop but now youre at Pos ground so be sure to polarize BEFORE STARTING Im headed to the Colorado mountains so may not have net for a while. Look at the diagrams and what I said in both my posts John T [Reply]  [No Email]