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Tom Wesenberg · 09-30-2015, 11:00 PM

You'll need to disconnect the ground side of the field windings to check the fields for shorts to the case. Ant that's what just happened with the cutout mounting screws that were too long. I've found that good fields for the common long style generator will show 4 to 5 amps when connected to a 6 volt battery charger.

The powerhouse have much more wire in the 6 field coils and only draws about 1 1/2 amps for the 5 brush and about 2 amps for the 3 brush powerhouse.

09-30-2015, 11:00 PM	#28
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Re: Cutout problem, I think! You'll need to disconnect the ground side of the field windings to check the fields for shorts to the case. Ant that's what just happened with the cutout mounting screws that were too long. I've found that good fields for the common long style generator will show 4 to 5 amps when connected to a 6 volt battery charger. The powerhouse have much more wire in the 6 field coils and only draws about 1 1/2 amps for the 5 brush and about 2 amps for the 3 brush powerhouse.