Well that was one of those great ideas that didn't work out. Got a bridge rectifier($5.00) and heat sink($2.00) at Radio Shack and wired it up to my alternator. With engine at full throttle, output from the rectifier was 24 volts. Connected to battery and the voltage steadily climbed from 13 volts to 17 volts before I pulled the plug. Trying to make a 12 volt battery into a 24 I guess. I know there was potential dangerous situation there too. Also the rectifier got pretty hot in the minute or so that it ran. Another lesson in my limited knowledge of things other than a simple DC circuit!
I would like to have it charging, so I guess I will get an real reg/rec. Maybe the one George Marsh linked. It does not do too bad with the Battery Tender connected between mowings. Just one more thing to remember.
As for loaning it out, it is a spare extra mower, and I would rather having it run for an hour a week than sitting like it has done before. There are other unmentioned circumstances concerning this also.
Thanks for all of the posts everyone.
Also, I have checked to output of several 2 wire alternators over the years(Kohler,Kawasaki,etc.) and they all show a voltage when one wire is checked against ground. My wife's sisters John Deere/Kawasaki did that a few weeks ago, and had no output from regulator. New reg. from Deere($75) fixed it. But I still see what you are saying about a shorted stator.
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