voltage regulator

Ludwig Schulz · Aug 7, 2013

Does anybody know what the resistor should be
that grounds the field on the bottom of a 6volt
pos grnd regulator?

Anonymous-0 · Aug 7, 2013

Class A or class B generator? What make and model?

Ludwig Schulz · Aug 7, 2013

Not sure. It is a 57 cub lo-boy with a 4 wire. regulator. It charges fine if I ground the field but I don't get any resistance across the resistor under the regulator. I thought maybe I could just add one.

JMOR · Aug 7, 2013

(quoted from post at 18:31:53 08/07/13) Not sure. It is a 57 cub lo-boy with a 4 wire. regulator. It charges fine if I ground the field but I don't get any resistance across the resistor under the regulator. I thought maybe I could just add one.

20 Ohms, but if field contacts close, it should charge with or without that resistor. It is there primarily as arc suppression to protect the points upon opening the inductive current.

John T · Aug 7, 2013

Are you sure the VR has a good frame ground?? it cant work, with or without that resistor, otherwise. Run a good jumper ground to it n see what happens. If a genny charges with its FLD post grounded but NOT otherwise, the VR is bad or not well grounded.

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