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Grounded Generator
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 7:45 pm
by Willie R
Why would someone ground the generator on a running engine ?
Re: Grounded Generator
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 7:48 pm
by Willie R
Here is a pic
Re: Grounded Generator
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:02 pm
by Tom Hicks
Well, you don't want it to burn out do you?
Re: Grounded Generator
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:02 pm
by Mark Gregush
Because with or without a cutout and not hooked to the battery it would/could over heat and sling solder out or burn out. My 25 is running that way now because I have temp have the switch out and am running a jumper from battery to the coils.
Re: Grounded Generator
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:25 pm
by Hal
Yep,
A generator must have a load of some sort on it, or it will self destruct by overheating itself. Ordinarily, the battery is its load. If the cut out fails to energize and close the circuit upon start-up, the generator will burn itself up. Same for if you take the battery out of the system, unless you do as shown in the photo. If you need to run without the cut-out or the battery, you must short it to ground.
That's the biggest plus of the Fun Projects voltage regulator. If it fails, it fails shorted to ground and saves your generator.