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Old 06-05-2012, 09:47 AM   #10
Tom Wesenberg
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Default Re: Installing and Testing Generator Fields



The mystery has been solved. My friend gave me the generator that mtors backwards and I took it apart the other day. He replaced the field coils to the correct side as I suggested, but the wrong field wire was being grounded, thus reversing the field polarity. This picture shows the RED wire going to ground, but it should lead to the adjustable brush. Since this generator case is badly rust pitted this will be used for good parts to fix other generators.
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