flashing the field
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Topic: flashing the field
Posted By: junkyardjewels
Subject: flashing the field
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2013 at 5:06pm
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Just did the head gasket on my new to me toy but when I went to put the positive ground on the battery I get a small spark and can hear the generator click inside. Told to flash the field because it sat for so long, not too sure what goes where. Battery - goes to f and + goes to A ?? any help or ideas Bill |
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Posted By: Brian Jasper co. Ia
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2013 at 8:48pm
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Sounds like you don't have things connected correctly. F on generator to F on regulator. A on generator to A or GEN on regulator. Battery to BATT on regulator. What you're wanting to do is "Polarize" the gen. Momentarily jump across the BATT and GEN/A terms on the regulator. Don't do anything with the field. ------------- "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford |
Posted By: Chalmersbob
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2013 at 9:44pm
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If you have a cutout on the genny, it may have a stuck contact (can also happen on a regulator). This would feed power into the genny causing it to heat and drain the battery. LOL Bob ------------- 4 B's, 1 C's,3 CA's, 2 G's WD, D14, D15, B-1, B10, B12, 712S, |
Posted By: SHAMELESS
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2013 at 10:02pm
| i thoughts...he meant he dropped his drawers out ina field!! |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2013 at 5:39am
That's for ripening the early tomatoes!
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SHAMELESS wrote:Posted By: junkyardjewels
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2013 at 5:44pm
| it was a stuck contact, new set of eyes found the problem |