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  1. ed_watts

    SEORTM Shop truck gen problems - Any help? No output. Model Lima MAC 3165-0083

    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...
  2. ed_watts

    SEORTM Shop truck gen problems - Any help? No output. Model Lima MAC 3165-0083

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

    gull-wing 5-ton shop truck

    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.
  4. ed_watts

    gull-wing 5-ton shop truck

    Wife -- "eX Young Lady".
  5. ed_watts

    gull-wing 5-ton shop truck

    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...
  6. ed_watts

    charging problem

    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...
  7. ed_watts

    Sprucing up the Gull Wing

    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...
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