Grounded Generator
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Willie R
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Grounded Generator
Why would someone ground the generator on a running engine ?
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Tom Hicks
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Re: Grounded Generator
Well, you don't want it to burn out do you?
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Mark Gregush
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Re: Grounded Generator
Because with or without a cutout and not hooked to the battery it would/could over heat and sling solder out or burn out. My 25 is running that way now because I have temp have the switch out and am running a jumper from battery to the coils.
I know the voices aren't real but damn they have some good ideas! 
1925 Cut down pickup
1948 Ford F2 pickup
1925 Cut down pickup
1948 Ford F2 pickup
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Hal
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Re: Grounded Generator
Yep,
A generator must have a load of some sort on it, or it will self destruct by overheating itself. Ordinarily, the battery is its load. If the cut out fails to energize and close the circuit upon start-up, the generator will burn itself up. Same for if you take the battery out of the system, unless you do as shown in the photo. If you need to run without the cut-out or the battery, you must short it to ground.
That's the biggest plus of the Fun Projects voltage regulator. If it fails, it fails shorted to ground and saves your generator.
A generator must have a load of some sort on it, or it will self destruct by overheating itself. Ordinarily, the battery is its load. If the cut out fails to energize and close the circuit upon start-up, the generator will burn itself up. Same for if you take the battery out of the system, unless you do as shown in the photo. If you need to run without the cut-out or the battery, you must short it to ground.
That's the biggest plus of the Fun Projects voltage regulator. If it fails, it fails shorted to ground and saves your generator.