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<blockquote data-quote="LoneStar" data-source="post: 157474" data-attributes="member: 585"><p>Hello all,</p><p></p><p>I'm working on a Rapide project, and the activity of the moment is to assemble a working dynamo. I have an original Miller D6, and have just replaced the armature and field coil with new units. I have a Podtronics negative-earth regulator, so have wired the dynamo per the Podtronics instructions (attached). The brushes are in good condition, and show low resistance between carbon and ring terminal.</p><p></p><p>After installing the new components, I flashed the field coil with +6V to the D terminal, -6V to the case. I then followed the Podtronics instructions for motoring the dyno, and it did spin nicely.</p><p></p><p>This was all very encouraging, so I tested its output. With no regulator, the F terminal was temporarily connected to earth to feed full voltage into the field coil for testing. The dynamo was spun and voltage measured. Here's where the problem comes in - it generates only minimal voltage. Even at 1000 rpm, output rises to only 0.4 V. </p><p></p><p>What could be wrong? As the Vincent has a 20% reduction in the dynamo drive, 1000 rpm at the dynamo equates to an engine speed of 1250 rpm. I would expect a properly-functioning dynamo to be putting out considerably more than 0.4 V at this speed, but perhaps not - anyone know the proper metrics?</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LoneStar, post: 157474, member: 585"] Hello all, I'm working on a Rapide project, and the activity of the moment is to assemble a working dynamo. I have an original Miller D6, and have just replaced the armature and field coil with new units. I have a Podtronics negative-earth regulator, so have wired the dynamo per the Podtronics instructions (attached). The brushes are in good condition, and show low resistance between carbon and ring terminal. After installing the new components, I flashed the field coil with +6V to the D terminal, -6V to the case. I then followed the Podtronics instructions for motoring the dyno, and it did spin nicely. This was all very encouraging, so I tested its output. With no regulator, the F terminal was temporarily connected to earth to feed full voltage into the field coil for testing. The dynamo was spun and voltage measured. Here's where the problem comes in - it generates only minimal voltage. Even at 1000 rpm, output rises to only 0.4 V. What could be wrong? As the Vincent has a 20% reduction in the dynamo drive, 1000 rpm at the dynamo equates to an engine speed of 1250 rpm. I would expect a properly-functioning dynamo to be putting out considerably more than 0.4 V at this speed, but perhaps not - anyone know the proper metrics? Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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