Aux Batt solenoid on PT

[Travis Martin]

It is 100% normal to see a .6 to .7 volt drop across a silicon diode;
it's their nature. You won't know if there's a problem unless you
discharge the generator battery a bit. Try disconnecting the diode,
then start the genset a couple of times. Your battery voltage should
drop a bit. Then hook the diode back up and measure again; the
generator battery should come back up to 12.6 volts pretty soon,
indicating it is indeed being charged through the diode.

Travis in Lubbock, Texas...normally a lurker since I have a Newell and
not a 'Bird but have learned a lot here...


On May 28, 2007, at 2:04 PM, Scott Forman wrote:

>
> 4) When diode is hooked up and system is complete, the house batt
> side will say 13.2v, but the gen batt side drops back to 12.6v as if
> no charging current is making it through.
>
> Any opinions of what I am seeing here?
>
> Scott