<VV> Re; flickering lights

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 LOL!! Well, at any rate, check all the connections, check the regulator, and make sure the generator doesn't have an open winding on the armature. 

 

John Roberts
 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: David B. Neale <david.neale3 at ntlworld.com>
To: virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sun, Sep 4, 2011 2:25 pm
Subject: <VV> Re; flickering lights


"You've got one of the three diodes out.  This is American stuff, not Lucas.
It's designed not to flicker."
Jim



Mark has a generator, not an alternator. Gemnerators generate DC as is, and 
don't use diodes. Lucas may have had many quirks, but putting diodes in 
generators wasn't one of them. I'd bet a scotch pie to a Sussex pond that Delco 
didn't put diodes in their generators, either, as they would serve no useful 
function.

David Neale 

'65 Monza 140 Convertible with excellent diodes;  currently in the body shop
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