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Old 12-06-2017, 06:56 PM   #1
Mongo
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Question Power house generator woes

Power house status.
- Hook up to battery. positive to ground negative to the output post- it motors pretty good.
- Field measures about 3.5 ohms
- Growler shows no shorts on the com
- Have checked segment to segment on the com with ohm meter--each segment reads less than ohm
- when in the growler I do not seem to get voltage between adjacent segments any where on the com---not sure of what levels to expect.
- cleaned brushes and com
- seems to be decent spring pressure on brushes - moved field adjustment back and forth
- scratched my head lots!

When I spin with a good drill--lots of speed it lays there like a stunned chicken - perhaps half a volt output. Perhaps I am the stunned chicken doing something wrong!!!
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