<VV> 64-69 Generator - Issue 47, Msg 3,4,5,7

[WillSmithTFPOCAllenTexas]

Thanks to everyone for your help on the Integral Regulator Conversion 
wiring. I now have what I needed.

Now let me blow your mind with info I used to present daily while 
teaching Charging Systems at the GM Training Center for GM Dealer 
Mechanics [it was more than most of them wanted, too]. Actually the 
64-69 Corvairs came OEM with a Generator...it was a High Output at Low 
RPM Diode Rectified Generator with 13+v DC output...it produced 
alternating current that was rectified back to DC via Diodes [when 
Chrysler introduced theirs in the early 60s they called it an 
'Alternator' for sales/marketing advantage because it was so different 
and the Alternator moniker stuck...kind of like Coke/Kleenex/Freon, 
etc]. The old black Generator was a Low Output at Low RPM Commutator 
Rectified Generator with 13+v DC output...it produced alternating 
current that was rectified back to DC via a Commutator and the 
Brushes...the addition of air conditioning and other accessories 
created a need for a higher electric output at idle in traffic. 
Everyone used the Alternator moniker but a true Alternator will have AC 
at its output terminal and GM never had such a unit on a car during the 
60s and 70s when I was teaching Charging Systems. GM did offer a 130a 
generator on some trucks and on Cad Commercial Chassis [ambulances, 
limos, etc] that had 3 AC terminals on its side [because it produced 3 
phase electricity just like the Corvair unit does]...these could be 
connected to a transformer that would boost the output to 110+v AC for 
running medical equip, saws, emergency flood lights, etc. while the 
vehicle idled at the job site/accident site/etc. The Integral Regulator 
Generator is just like the Ext Reg unit so far as the Rotor and Stator 
Windings are concerned ...GM just figured out a way to build a small 
solid state regulator and mount it internally [had lots of failures 
from the first regulators till they learned how to survive the high 
temps inside the generator]. Corvair Generator Rotor shafts are reverse 
threaded because of the engine rotation direction...if yours is std [ 
righty tighty] treaded it is not a Corvair Rotor...it will Gen just 
fine though but the nut might loosen itself when the generator is 
producing lots of output. [A note of little interest I'm sure...a 63a 
Generator on a 500ci Cad at 500-600 rpm idle speed would stop the 
engine DEAD when a full electric load test was applied...or destroy the 
belt through slipping if it was not tight enough...it takes a LOT of 
power to rotate a generator when it is producing high output [picture 
hydroelectric at a dam]].

Now you know more than you ever wanted to know...don't say I never told 
you anything! Maybe you can pass it on to a Car Crazy kid.

Thanks again for the help!
Will Smith, "The Fresh Prince of Corvair"