I had a very frustrating time after I bought my Ercoupe a couple of years ago because the generator would not charge the battery. Took apart the old voltage regulator (you remember what they looked like on a 47 Chevy) and the points were burned, pitted and virtually gone. Put on a new voltage regulator to no avail. Then, bought a new Zeftronics solid state regulator and it worked, except when the engine was running it showed a discharge on the meter. Hmmmm. Could wires be crossed? Was that the main part of the problem the whole time? We re-evaluated the test wire bundle that we had used to ensure everything was hooked up correctly and found out the test wire bundle was incorrect and had crossed wires. Eureka!!!! Hooked up the wires correctly and with the new solid state regulator have had no further problems. There are gremlins and ghosts everywhere, especially in Ercoupes. Bart
--- In [email protected], Chris <chris_...@...> wrote: > > 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. > > > â--o-O-o--â > > --- On Mon, 3/15/10, heave...@... <heave...@...> wrote: > > From: heave...@... <heave...@...> > Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Generator talk..... > To: "Chris" <chris_...@...> > 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   >  >  > > --- chris_...@... wrote: > > From: Chris <chris_...@...> > 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. >
