Generator question for flathead

[groucho]

Which is gen/arm and which one's field? Thanks

[HillbillySailor2]

Which is gen/arm and which one's field? Thanks

The big stud is you field connection.

The wire is your armature connection

The conncection on the side (screwed in) is your ground.

Hope this helps!

[groucho]

The big stud is you field connection.

The wire is your armature connection

The conncection on the side (screwed in) is your ground.

Hope this helps!

It helps if you're correct

[HillbillySailor2]

It helps if you're correct

Well, the only way you're going to find that out is to hook that mo-fo up! Do you need to know where each conncetion goes?

[SpiderGearsMan]

does a flathead make enough power to turn a generator ?/ H_MB approved

[squirrel]

follow the wires. The field is the coils that are inside the housing. The armature is the connection to the brushes. Usually the field will be a smaller gage wire than the armature. The armature is where the power comes from, the field is the "control" that the voltage regulator uses to adjust how much current the armature puts out.

TMI, I know

[Beagle]

Squirrel the walking encyclopedia. Awesome... a paragraph that made it make sense to me.

[Huskinhano]

follow the wires. The field is the coils that are inside the housing. The armature is the connection to the brushes. Usually the field will be a smaller gage wire than the armature. The armature is where the power comes from, the field is the "control" that the voltage regulator uses to adjust how much current the armature puts out.

TMI, I know

Important to note in squrriel's statement of the armature is where the power comes which is 100% correct. A lot of people think the thing spinning inside is automatically the armature. Not always! An armature can be stationary while the field is what's rotating. This just happens to cover alternators. The reason for this is that the brushes carry a lot less amperage for the field vs armiture and last a whole lot longer.