Re: lights out

[Toby Basiliko <toby@Wolfenet.com>]

Seems pretty unusual- if they fried, I'd check the rest fo the
electrical system, especially the voltage regulator.  Maybe if your
battery overloaded it?  Seems unlikely.  The field coils don't work as
hard as the armature...

However, I've had a couple of generators (one Lucas, Lord of Darkness)
that died because the cloth that held the field coil in shape rotted,
and let the wires fall into the armature, with predictably terminal
effects.
Toby B
'65 Notch, 'project # 2'

vernon chand wrote:
> 
> ----------
> > From: vernon chand <vychand@ihug.co.nz>
> > To: type-3@umich.ed
> > Subject: lights out
> > Date: Sunday, 23 November 1997 21:26
> >
> > hi guys
> >
> > my generator stopped working two days ago.my electrician tells me that
> the
> > field coils are blown.
> >
> > is this unusual.two months ago i got a new battery and put new brushes in
> > the generator.according to my electrician evrything was hooked up
> > correctly(earth etc)and the field coils have probably blown due to old
> age.
> >
> > any comments welcomed.
> >
> > regards
> > vern
> >
> >