Posted by Andy McClure on June 05, 2010 at 12:37:21 from (162.40.47.227):
Here is a hint for anyone doing electrical work on a tractor or any equipment for that matter. I have been working on changing the alternater over due to the fact that I could not get the external regulator unit to produce and charge the battery to an internal regulator style. I completed all the wiring and tested it out with no success. I checked to make sure the alternater was good by putting it on another tractor. It was good, also new. Here is the kicker! I was using a volt meter to replace the old amp meter in the system. A meter is a meter right, wrong!. A volt meter works from positive to negative. An amp meter checks electricity going through one wire. Point being made, don't try to close the loop with something you can't close the loop with.
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Today's Featured Article - Third Brush Generators - by Chris Pratt. While I love straightening sheet metal, cleaning, and painting old tractors, I use every excuse to avoid working on the on the electrics. I find the whole process sheer mystery. I have picked up and attempted to read every auto and farm electrics book with no improvement in the situation. They all seem to start with a chapter entitled "Theory of Electricity". After a few paragraphs I usually close the book and go back to banging out dents. A good friend and I were recently discussing our tractor electrical systems when he stated "I figure it all comes back to applying Ohms Law". At this point
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