*SCR - silicon controlled diode
Troubleshooting
Battery drains quickly:
Check consumers consuming excessive power → Consumers installed → Disconnect consumers.
No consumers are installed:
Check battery leakage current (6-6) → Significant leakage current → Wiring short circuit; Electrical fault.
No leakage current:
Measure the charging voltage at the battery terminals (6-7) → Incorrect → Defective battery, Incorrect operating conditions.
Correct:
Ring the generator windings (6-7) → There is a break → The generator windings are faulty or the supply wires are broken.
Called:
Measure the voltage at the generator without load (6-7) → Incorrect → Generator faulty.
Correct:
Inspect the regulator/rectifier (6-8) → Defective → The regulator/rectifier is faulty.
Correct:
Inspect the electrical wiring → Faulty → Short circuit in the electrical wiring.
OK → Battery is faulty.
The battery is recharged:
- Regulator/rectifier faulty
- Battery faulty
- Poor contact in the generator power wires