[NoVa-Corvairs] Generator issue

[Justin Paul]

Sounds good, Ron thanks. I never polarized the one you gave me. I put my old one back in going back and forth with them. That's sounds excellent. 

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On Aug 14, 2012, at 6:35 PM, Ron Tumolo <rvtum522 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Justin,
> 
> I'm free tomorrow night and will swing by between 530-6 if you're
> available??  I have a spare generator that I thought was bad that I
> was saving for parts, but I bench tested it last night and it worked
> OK. If you're available we'll check all the connections again,
> polarize the V/R before we swap out the generator, time permitting.
> Let me know.
> 
> Ron
> 
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Justin Paul <jp0181 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Thanks, Darrin. I think I did that already on both. Have no idea what's going on with the generator. Either one I'm stumped or don't know what I'm doing.
>> Need an extra pair of eyes.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Aug 13, 2012, at 9:11 AM, Darrin Hartzler <dhartzler at ifc.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Justin,
>>> 
>>> When installing a new regulator and generator like this it is important to
>>> polarize both devices....cannot remember which terminals to give power to
>>> to polarize off the top of my head, but if you search corvaircenter.com
>>> you will find instructions.   Manual has this too I am sure.
>>> 
>>> Otherwise your generator may not generate or do so with reversed polarity
>>> from what is needed.   Sometimes after sitting a long time the residual
>>> polarity can be lost as well.
>>> 
>>> Maybe you did this with Ron already, but worth mentioning.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Darrin
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>>> From:
>>> Justin Paul <jp0181 at yahoo.com>
>>> To:
>>> Northern Va Corvair Club <novacc-list at corvair.org>
>>> Date:
>>> 08/10/2012 07:53 PM
>>> Subject:
>>> [NoVa-Corvairs] Generator issue
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I received the other generator today. Honestly looked worse than the one
>>> that I had. I changed out the voltage regulator Ron gave me. Put
>>> everything back  together and even with looking  thru the wiring
>>> schematics the generator is not working. The light still remains on. It
>>> was actually off when I switched all the wires back to my old regulator
>>> and restarted the car, but as soon I mounted my old regulator back in its
>>> place the light came back on?
>>> 
>>> I'm stumped. Greg if you have that good generator at your home I can get?
>>> I'll compensate you here the near future. I'm basically trying to get the
>>> Corvair running so I can move it to clean it, give it an old oil change
>>> and etc.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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