Recent content by ed_watts

Uhh... ...Yeah. I have a math degree; it all depends upon the number of poles in the generator design. I believe that the "larger" generators have thirty poles per phase and run at 120 RPM on 60-Hz systems. In this application, though, I recall having to bring my engine nearly up to redline...

Generator at 1800 RPM is only 30 Hz. Until frequency is close to 60 Hz, there will be no output. Zombie thread. Sorry.

The avatar pic is the only one I have available now; truck is undergoing a re-fit, so doesn't look too good. I'll have some more soon.

Wife -- "eX Young Lady".

I have one, and the Model Number is XM-811A. The machine tools were absent when I bought the truck, but I have replaced what I needed in addition to turning the rear area into a habitable space, allowing me to register the vehicle as a "1971 Housecar" (Motorhome), saving many hundreds of...

If the battery voltage drops when you hook the "BAT" lead to the [running] generator (alternator), one or more of the diodes in the alternator -- a three-phase, full-wave bridge with six diodes -- is/are shorted. There are three "positive" and three "negative" diodes; they all do the same...

McMullag -- or anyone -- what is the model number of that gullwing trailer? I have the truck, and I have been looking for a matching trailer for years. I saw one up in Oxnard, California, several years ago, but, when I got off the freeway, I was unable to locate it...despite two hours' worth...