[AT] Oliver 88 generator update

[Indiana Robinson]

For appearances I like original looking stuff but for using I am
"extremely" fond of the low draw of LED's.


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On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 7:46 PM, Tyler Juranek <tylerpolkaman at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>  First of all, thank you to all who have emailed back about the
> generator on my Oliver.
>
>  I finally got together again with my neighbor and we played with it
> some more. He did some sort of test with a light bulb to see if there
> was a draw. We didn't find any, because the light didn't come on.
>  So then we rigged up a setup so that when I took it out we could
> watch the volt meeter.
>  For those of you who have driven, or have looked at, an Oliver of
> that Era, you know that there are notches to put the throttle lever
> in.
>  So just sitting in the shed, with the ignition off, the meeter read
> between 12.5 and 12.6 volts.
>  When I started it, and put the throttle on the 2nd section, it read
> 12.8 volts. So as I backed out and drove it to the road, the meeter
> bounced from 12.8 to 12.9 or so, if I remember right.
>  So I put it into 6th, and when I got to the 5th notch on the
> throttle, it hit 13. So on the whole 5 mile ride, it went anywhere
> from 12.8 to 13.3.
>  At the end of the day, it read 12.9.
>  Then we checked the ground cable with a wrench. It wasn't real tight,
> but it wasn't loose either. We took it off, cleaned it, put it back
> together. As Gil mentioned, I think that that was the biggest problem
> in the first place.
>  So I don't think I have anything to worry about.
>  I was going to fix (or maybe get some new) lights for it. However, do
> you all think that that'd be to much of a draw?
>  Thanks again for everyones' help!
>  Take Care,
>  Tyler Juranek
>  IA
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Francis Robinson
aka "farmer"
Central Indiana USA
robinson46176 at gmail.com