Gen. radio capacitor with bracket

[Jorn J.]

Hi Vette friends
Is it correct that my radio Generator capacitor should be placed to ground and the little wire to the Terminal with the Brown wire from Voltage regulator? I have tryed to look everywhere in the archives but no answer there
C1 1959

regards Jorn

[Joe M.]

Re: Gen. radio capacitor with bracket

Jorn, the capacitor lead wire is connected to the "A" post on the generator. The post closest to the fender.

[Jorn J.]

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Thanks Joe
It was also what I thought(the brown wire) but I wasn't 100% sure.
Have a good week-end

Regards Jorn

[Jerry W.]

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62 top flight car

[Jorn J.]

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Hi Jerry
Thanks for the Pics.Since you have such great car then I have another question about my Voltage regulator; is it correct that I have a red(Batt) wire lowest and a brown wire in the middle and blue wire on top?
Some members says that the ST12 are not telling the right about the connections on the VR, i'm a little bit confused because i have a charging problem i think.

Regards Jorn

[Jerry W.]

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Jorn...Sorry not my car...I take a lot of pics to help in our 62 restoration but I don't have any of volt.reg. connections.

[Jorn J.]

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Okay Jerry, thanks for answering.

Jorn

[Christopher R.]

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Hi Jerry
Thanks for the Pics.Since you have such great car then I have another question about my Voltage regulator; is it correct that I have a red(Batt) wire lowest and a brown wire in the middle and blue wire on top?
Some members says that the ST12 are not telling the right about the connections on the VR, i'm a little bit confused because i have a charging problem i think.
Regards Jorn

Thick (12 ga) red one on the bottom ("BATT").
Brown one in the middle ("ARM").
Dark blue one on top ("F").
Capacitor connects to the bottom one, BATT.

The only part of the ST12 wiring diagram that is wrong is the connection at the back of the ammeter.

Did you polarize the generator? Search "polarize" for more info..

[Jorn J.]

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Hi Christopher
Then is my next question:
Back on my ammeter is all 4 red wires on the left terminal and the black wire is alone on the right and I see it from front of the Gauge( the black wire is closest to Oil pressure gauge) is that right.

Regards Jorn

[Jerry W.]

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How do you control the polarity of the pole shoes? The polarity is determined by the direction of the last current through the field windings. Since even a very small current can polarize the shoes, never assume the generator is properly polarized. You must polarize the generator every time it is disconnected or serviced.
To polarize the generator, simply make a short jumper wire to short between the battery (b or bat) and generator (g or gen) lugs on the cutout relay or voltage regulator. Only a split-second or a spark is required, so simply tap your jumper wire onto the lugs and pull them right back off.

[Philip P.]

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Jorn,
From your discription they are reversed, I went and looked at mine and the red are on the right side and black is on the left as you look at the gauge from the front.
You need to polarize your generator/regulator when components are changed or repaired. I have never heard of a requirement to polarize each time you disconnect any part of the charging circuit, while I do not think it would hurt anything I do not think it is necessary.

Phil
1960/230

[Jorn J.]

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Okay Phill, I will reversed them right away.
I have read that some says polorize the voltage regulator and some says polorize the generator!! is it the same thing they talked about or two diff. ways to do it?

Jorn

[Philip P.]

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Jorn,
It is the same thing, you are making sure the current flow is correct between the regulator and the generator. I attached a diagram hope it will help. Also make sure you have a good ground connection between the regulator and the generator if you are using a correct wiring harness it will not be a problem as they use the shields for this connection.
Phil

[Jorn J.]

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Hi Phill
Thanks for the diagram.I have change the wires behind the ammeter and now it shows correctly what i use so thats super but my Battery still gets no power from the generator.If i set my multimeter pins on the brown wire on the generator and one pin on the -battery then it shows about 14,6V but when i put both pins on the battery it shows only 12,3V so the power are lost in the V-regulator ?
The "only" change i have done before all this is a new rebuild engine,new starter, rebuild odometer and speedometer, new clock and rebuild powerglide and now this My Generator is new rebuild and V-regulator is new aftermarket but correct so my next step is to drive to an auto-electrican to check this V-regulator.My wiring harness is correct and new from last year I have bought by Lectric Lemited.Everything works on the car like last summer exept this charging problem.

Regards Jorn

[Jorn J.]

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Hi I have found the solution about my charging problem and it was two bad welded connections in my Voltage Regulator(new) and get it repaired and now is it OK.

regards Jorn