"NoSpam" wrote in message
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If the connections all seem OK is there any reason not to start the gen
and connect it via a 60W bulb to the mains? (other than the potential
nastiness of a male-male cable)

Hugh

You will have to work out how the exciter circuit works, if for instance it
is powered by the motors permanent magnet flywheel gen, you could poke any
voltage you like up the output windings without effect.


well maybe a bad aroma and bang
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