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On 2 Jul 2005 at 10:12, David Walters wrote: > As for the generator problem that I was having, I troubleshot as per > the Haynes manual and showed that the generator wasn't putting out any > volatge, using the no-load unregulated volatge check from Haynes. Then > I tried a fault finding method off of the internet and it told me the > same thing *but* it suggested re-polarizing the generator. I did what > it said to do (and wasn't too confident while doing it either) and > darned, if it didn't work. I have a charging system FAQ that I'll be glad to send out to anyone who needs it. I don't recommend repolarizing just because the chances of destroying something are much greater than the chances of fixing something. However, it is true that sometimes it's necessary. The only times that I've ever seen polarizing to be necessary was when the battery had been installed backwards, or when the generator had been completely torn down and not repolarized by the rebuilder. Personally, I don't think the latter should ever happen, just because it would mean that the rebuilder never tested the generator after doing his work. Time alone is never a reason to repolarize. These things can sit on the shelf for decades with no problems. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~