Dear Eliacim, You are right about Zeftronics. I didn't realize they made a regulator for generators. I think that would be the first thing on the list for anyone with a generator. The belt drive. It just seem more straight forward, easier to replace and inspect.
‘--o-O-o--’ --- On Mon, 3/15/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Generator talk..... To: "Chris" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Monday, March 15, 2010, 9:56 AM Zeftronics makes solid state replacements, equivalent to our voltage regulators. You may need a 337 (field approval) to install them in your Ercoupe. Why would we want to convert the generator to belt drive? Eliacim --- [email protected] wrote: From: Chris <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Generator talk..... Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:34:40 -0700 (PDT) I have been watching the alternator/generator discussion with interest. I would say a LOT of the generator problems are related to the Voltage Regulator. These old regulators are full of relays that depend on magnetic field strengths to regulate and are temperature dependent. Contact points arc and pit. It would be pretty straight forward to design a solid state regulator, but the paperwork would probably short circuit such a project. Would it be possible (easy) to make an adapter to convert the generator drive to a pulley? Chris New Year's Resolution was to get 99674 flying this year.
