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On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 13:26, Garret Trask wrote: > I'm installing a new voltage regulator in my car, and I've come across a > step in the Muir book to polarize the charging system. The step says: "Take > your long lead with two clips on it and connect it from the negative pole, > or the ground clamp from the battery, to the ground screw on the generator. > Then take another piece of wire with bare ends and hold it to the positive > (hot) side of the battery and touch it to the hot wire coming out of the > generator. It is always the larger lead out of the battery (usually, but > not always, red). This will ensure that the generator and the battery are > in loving harmony." > > I understand the negative pole on the battery and ground screw on the > generator, and I understand the positive (hot) side of the battery. I don't > understand what is meant by "the hot wire coming out of the generator". Can > someone tell me if he's referring to the wire that connects to the D+ or the > DF pole on the generator? > If all you did was replace the V-regulator, you DO NOT need to do this. But, they are refering to the D+ terminal on the generator. This is one of the things that I don't like about the Muir books. They are not explicit enough and can cause problems. If you had applied power like that to the DF terminal, you could have damaged the field windings. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org