[Farmall] 330u generator

[Matthew Dickinson]

Hi,

it's been working fine most of the winter, and just starting to show the problem.  

I've been using the tractor to feed hay to the cows for the winter - even constructed a weight bracket for the front and have around 350lbs of weight to counter-balance the bale on the back! Suffice to say the steering box is now even more tired that it was before.

The ammeter is wired fine, or rather it seems to be have been working fine for the last year or so. I suspect the dirt might be the cause of the problem, hopefully giving it a good clean and then hopefully a paint job - hoping the wife will let me take it to Boonville in 2008 - I live in Mid-MO :-)


Matthew

On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:29:12 -0400, Mike Sloane <mikesloane at verizon.net> wrote:
> That sounds to me as if you have the connections at the voltage
> regulator wrong. The wire from the light switch should go to the "L"
> terminal. If that is correct, then you might have a bad connection
> somewhere else that is getting completed when the lights are on.
>
> I would check the continuity of the wires from the generator to the
> regulator and clean the connections at both the regulator and generator.
> If you are seeing a charge at the meter anytime, then I would say that
> the generator is fine. (You do have the ammeter wired correctly, don't
> you? When running at something above low idle, the ammeter should show a
> slight charge, but if you turn on the lights at that speed, the meter
> will show a discharge. You have to speed up the engine to get the
> generator to charge when the lights are on.)
>
> Mike
>
> Matthew Dickinson wrote:
>> Thanks, it's been quite strange to troubleshoot - i've replaced the
>> ends on both battery cables, and this has made cranking easier -
>> suspect there was a bad connection to the battery, but the generator
>> randomly charges/discharges now - with the lights on it charges, turn
>> them off, it discharges.
>>
>> There's nothing serviceable inside the generator itself  is there?
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Matthew
>>
>
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