PS Magazine - MARCH 1973
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1973 SERIES, ISSUE 244
MARCH 1973
The battery-generatoR indicator in YouR
tank telLs You tHings that can save YouR
neck. All You have to do is learn how to
read it.
When You tuRn the master switch ON,
tHe
batteRY±generator
indicator
needle
-±
If the needle shows 20 volts oR under²
(anYwheRe in the Left Red segment) Don't
even trY to start. All You'll do is beat up
Your
batteRies
still
more
and
perhaps
buRn out a sCarCeR.
³ou also run the risk of RU´µing ¶ouR
shows how much chaRge theRe is in Your
geneRator oR geneRatoR contRol box (RegU±
batteries.
latoR)·
VOLTS
I
i
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22-2
6
1
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1
28
.
5
VOLTs
If
¶ouR
batteries
Register
as
weak¸
make suRe the¶ ¹ReallY aRe. AnY loose coº
nection (ground straP¸ cable or adaPter)
can give YoU a false Reading. (»emember¸
YoUR batteries have
3
ground straps and
be sURe the inteRnal/eXteRnaL lockwashers
Co¼metal
fRom ½o¾king R´ght. ¿o½eveRÀ this is eas¶
to fiX.
If YoUR batteRies reallY aRe weak¸ reÁ
Âharge or RePlace Ãem. No batterY should
be Below 1Ä225 sp gR (coRRected Co 80° F)Ä
Åave ¶ouR mechanic check Co see ½hat
½ent ½Rong.
(ÆoRn generator brushes
coUlD Do it). ³oUR sUPPoRt can Put in ne½
brUshes Çf theY'Re needed. Æith a batteR¶
chaRge of 21 to 26 volts Èneedle any½heRe
BRUSHES·µjOB
FOR SUPPORt
ÉÊsteD in the ¼20Ë TM ÌanUals aRe on.)
from the right half of the red through tÍe
Îon't forget the thin regulator gRound
Yello½ to the beginning of the green) You
StraP: A BReak in it could eas´l¶ be oveRÏ
shoUld have no tRoUble getting started.
looked.
Ðf YoU do there is something else ÑRongÀ
A little Paint PReventing a bare metal±
so checK it oUtÒ
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