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<blockquote data-quote="nkt267" data-source="post: 1464" data-attributes="member: 245"><p>Hi Mick. what dynamo have you got? If it is a lucas disconnect the wires from D & F. Join D & F with a short bit of wire,connect 1 side of a 12volt bulb to earth and the other to the link and start the bike.Keep revs fairly low,as you can generate 20 volts like this,if the bulb lights then the dynamo is most likely OK and the problem is further up the sytem.</p><p>If you have a Miller then I am not sure how to check the output without the regulator.The last Miller I had was converted to Lucas type by only using the field winding and ditching the control winding and it works perfectly. This is in 1 of the 'bibles' but can't remember which one.. Ive got a Alton somewhere in Europe,had to return it as the bearing went and would only balance the lights at 50mph on a Comet.If you saw my Comet in the Island then it has now got a peugeot alternator running off a dummy shaft and it runs everything(lights,coil ingnition)+2amp charge at 30mph.John</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nkt267, post: 1464, member: 245"] Hi Mick. what dynamo have you got? If it is a lucas disconnect the wires from D & F. Join D & F with a short bit of wire,connect 1 side of a 12volt bulb to earth and the other to the link and start the bike.Keep revs fairly low,as you can generate 20 volts like this,if the bulb lights then the dynamo is most likely OK and the problem is further up the sytem. If you have a Miller then I am not sure how to check the output without the regulator.The last Miller I had was converted to Lucas type by only using the field winding and ditching the control winding and it works perfectly. This is in 1 of the 'bibles' but can't remember which one.. Ive got a Alton somewhere in Europe,had to return it as the bearing went and would only balance the lights at 50mph on a Comet.If you saw my Comet in the Island then it has now got a peugeot alternator running off a dummy shaft and it runs everything(lights,coil ingnition)+2amp charge at 30mph.John [/QUOTE]
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