[tcb] Re: No VW show in Hilo bus trouble
- From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 17:53:27 -0800 (PST)
That may be one of the proverbial "old wives tales." Book says do it. I have
two very knowledgeable VW mechanics, one of whom has worked on thousands of
VWs,
tell me they never do it. Last one I installed I didn't do it and it works
fine. But then again, the instructions that come with the generator says to do
it.
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From: Robb <wuzmop@xxxxxxx>
To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sun, March 3, 2013 7:35:48 PM
Subject: [tcb] Re: No VW show in Hilo bus trouble
Did he polorize the genny when he installed it?
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On Mar 3, 2013, at 4:10 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Denis: I hate to admit it, but I am an electrical dummy. Maybe Chuck can
chime
in; but from what you said you did and the fact that he has a new generator, I
would suspect a bad voltage regulator.
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From: Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
>To: tcb <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sun, March 3, 2013 12:05:50 PM
>Subject: [tcb] No VW show in Hilo bus trouble
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>Dave has a new 12v generator in his 67 bus. It's the original set up. Last
>night
>as we drove out to Hilo he said that his red dash light was on and that it
>usually goes out. I told him I didn't want to walk home from Hilo, so we tuned
>around. Back home I put the test light to the terminals of the generator and
>got
>no light. then I out the red wire from the multi-meter on the positive post on
>his battery and the black wire to the negative strap and got 12v. When we
>started the engine it went to around 11.9 and went up and down when we revved
>the engine. The meter never read above 12v. Did I do the test right?
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>I am an alternator guy so I am in the woods with voltage regulators and stuff.
>Tell me what to test and how to fix the problem. Hurry, we got markets today!
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