gpfishingdude
Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- May 1, 2012
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- 538
I started the old 50 horse Mercury on the muffs yesterday and did the voltage check at the battery. I didn't see any gain on my dial type meter when I accelerated a little bit, DC volts 50 range. What I got to wondering is- are there other things that can keep a motor from charging besides the rectifier and if so where do you start checking them? Is there a set pattern for checking, maybe fuse first then across the rectifier contacts etc? How do I know that changing the rectifier will start the motor charging? I would rather spend the money on a good digital meter than to start throwing parts on that I don't need. By the way have a happy fourth- we are waiting for a little cooler weather to get the boat out.