Generator GPA
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 1:37 pm
Hi all
A good GPA friend of mine had a problem with generator and regulator.
After examenating I came to the conclusion that both were gone !!
When a generator is not working for a long while the magnetic field is gone and there will be no current coming out !
With giving a small 12 volt boost on field, the magnetic field is there again and it works o.k.
Also posible that there were made wrong connections with generator and regulator and than it is posible
that regulator or / and generator get broken.
It is difficult to get a GPA generator and a 12 volt 55 amp. regulator.
A 12 volt Autolite/ Dodge generator is more easy to get and I recently came in the occasion to buy one.
The size is almost the same and the connecting holes, for the bracket are also the same as the original GPA generator !
The max current is also 55 Amp. and only the pully is a little bigger.
So this is a very good alternative in case you can 't find a GPA one.
The problem with my friends generator was a broken armature.
The costs for repairing this were enormous .
So I compared the Dodge generator armature with the GPA armature.
Unfortunately you can 't use the Dodge one because the different size and model
But it is a good alternative on the shelf sunny
Bob
A good GPA friend of mine had a problem with generator and regulator.
After examenating I came to the conclusion that both were gone !!
When a generator is not working for a long while the magnetic field is gone and there will be no current coming out !
With giving a small 12 volt boost on field, the magnetic field is there again and it works o.k.
Also posible that there were made wrong connections with generator and regulator and than it is posible
that regulator or / and generator get broken.
It is difficult to get a GPA generator and a 12 volt 55 amp. regulator.
A 12 volt Autolite/ Dodge generator is more easy to get and I recently came in the occasion to buy one.
The size is almost the same and the connecting holes, for the bracket are also the same as the original GPA generator !
The max current is also 55 Amp. and only the pully is a little bigger.
So this is a very good alternative in case you can 't find a GPA one.
The problem with my friends generator was a broken armature.
The costs for repairing this were enormous .
So I compared the Dodge generator armature with the GPA armature.
Unfortunately you can 't use the Dodge one because the different size and model
But it is a good alternative on the shelf sunny
Bob