Re: Voltage Regulation, Re: 1959 Starflite

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quote RVPapasso:

The OMC generators use a toothed belt with corresponding tooth pulleys on the flywheel and generator. My best guess is to eliminate slippage since there is a very narrow range of adjustment to keep the belt tight.

The solid state voltage regulator employs a solid state current limiter set for 10A. All three mechanical units and functions are replicated with solid state devices.

Interesting, thank you.

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In a mechanical regulator the cutout is not a relay as most people think. A relay will not work in this application and cause the battery to discharge into the battery at low generator output.

"battery to discharge into the battery" – must be a typo, but I can’t tell for certain what you actually meant. Perhaps "battery discharge into the generator"?

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The mechanical cutout is actually a mechanical diode that will only allow current to flow from the generator to the battery and block current flowing from the battery to the generator.

I’m totally unfamiliar with this one.. can you explain a bit more or point me to a resource? Googling for ‘mechanical diode’ mainly brings up references to sprag clutches and the like, as used in some electrical starter drives. My understanding was that the cutout was an NO relay that closed, connecting the generator to the battery, when the armature voltage exceeded a certain lower limit.