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Joel..... .2N 3rd brush generator system is working just as its suppost to. And that is one of its faults. The 2N does NOT have a voltage regulator as we have come to know 'em. Its just you! and the manually adjusted 3rd brush. Face it, electrical power has to come from somewhere and has to be all accounted for. Generally speaking, it takes about 3 amps to run the sparkies. Then each headlight takes about 4 amps to light up for a total of 8 amps. So essentually ya gotta add up all your electrical loads (3+4+4=11) and vola'...the output of the 11 amp generator is all used up and your ampmeter shows 0, and yer not got nuttin' left to put back innna the battery. And you gotta put some amps back innna the battery, to make up for the ones you used to start the tractor. Ideally, you'd like to charge your 2N battery at about 2 amps. Bottom line, if'n yer runnin headlights, ya gotta get the 3rd bush set so you ain't draining the battery (ie...set the charge up) and if'n yer just running the daylight, too much charge is gonna boil out all your battery acid and ruin your battery. Sooooo o ya gotta turn down the 3rd brush so you don't burn out yer battery. Most people are too lazy and/or ignorant about the crudeness of the 2N electrical system, so they just go around buying new batterys....but hey, it works for them..... .Dell, Who should also mention that there really is a solid state voltage regulator available for the 2N electrical system that works very well, thankyou.
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