Re: [T3] gen/vr problems

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 30 Dec 2002 at 16:15, Earthman? wrote:

> Hmm, I seem to recall reading in my tattered 1969 'Motors' manual a
> bit on generators, and polarizing them after rebuilding them. I forget
> the details, but it said to basically hit it with DC while it was
> hooked up a certain way. 

This is a common suggestion, but it is almost never necessary. In 30 years I 
have seen exactly one generator that needed to be repolarized, and that one was 
because the owner had installed the battery backwards briefly.

I usually recommend that people NOT try repolarizing because I hear of many 
more problems caused when it is done wrong, than of problems that it has 
solved.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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