[mr48chev]

The bad thing about generators from day one has been that at an idle they don't put out much if any charge and need an engine speed of 1500 or up to actually charge. That is just the way that they have been since day one that they were used on cars and trucks be they a 6 volt or 12 volt or ??

This is how a Delco generator should be hooked up. After I got back I didn't like the way they hooked up the alternator in place of a generator in case you wonder where the other half of the picture went.

Note how the generator is wired to the regulator. check your wiring.


The thing with a generator when you put it on a rig for the first time is that you almost always have to "polarize" it to have it work right. I don't have time right now to write instructions on how to do that right and will have to go get my notes out of the garage to copy or photograph and post. They can be found online in the OLD car manuals though. Just look in 56/61 Chevy truck manuals. After I get done hauling my wife to the store (s) and getting chores done I'll try to remember to get the book out and get the instructions .

YOU ABSOLUTELY DO NOT POLARIZE AN ALTERNATOR though. I learned to rebuild alternators in the 60's because old farts would replace one on their car and try to polarize it and blow the diodes out.