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Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg
Don't run it very long like this or the generator will burn out.
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Very true !!!!
When I first got my '41 De Soto on the road, about 14 years ago, the regulator crumped out on me at night; I thought I could make it home by grounding the field and running home at full-charge.
Hadn't gone about two miles when I smelled that unmistakeable odor of frying electrics. I pulled-over, but it was already too late.
I had fried the field windings.
Fortunately, I had a spare genny, but I still kick myself for "killing" a good generator...
SC Frank