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petehoovie · 04-08-2016, 11:41 PM

This, from Supereal as posted on the EFV8 Club site
-- 04-11-2010 @ 10:36 AM

"You can adjust the generator by placing a voltmeter across the battery posts, and set the 3rd brush to show just above 7.5 volts at a fast idle. If you drive at night, which most of us don't, adjust with the lights on. Otherwise, leave them off. Most ammeters are like a weathervane. It shows the direction of the flow, but not velocity (current). As for polorizing, it isn't always necessary. If the generator has output, you don't need to do it."

04-08-2016, 11:41 PM	#9
petehoovie Senior Member Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 8,147	Re: Generator Third brush Adjustment This, from Supereal as posted on the EFV8 Club site -- 04-11-2010 @ 10:36 AM "You can adjust the generator by placing a voltmeter across the battery posts, and set the 3rd brush to show just above 7.5 volts at a fast idle. If you drive at night, which most of us don't, adjust with the lights on. Otherwise, leave them off. Most ammeters are like a weathervane. It shows the direction of the flow, but not velocity (current). As for polorizing, it isn't always necessary. If the generator has output, you don't need to do it." __________________ The only thing nice about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.... *"Silver rings, your butt! Them's washers!"* "We shot our way out of that town for a dollar's worth of steel holes!" - from 'The Wild Bunch' - 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NReUd2_0u0 Last edited by petehoovie; 04-09-2016 at 11:36 AM.