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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. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/