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The '55 I recently bought has a one wire alternator. The dash generator indicator light is no longer hooked up. Is there a way to wire this to work? There is one wire not hooked to anything labeled generator wire, and it is hanging there near the alternator.
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Is that a Delco alternator? There may not be a charging light terminal on your alternator if it has an internal regulator. Some others have an "R" terminal for the indicator light.
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Thanks d2d2, there is an "R" terminal! I'll hook it up tomorrow and see what happens.
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It appears the gen light is disconnected in the instrument cluster, so I'll post pone further efforts until I have to remove the cluster. Thanks,
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This '55 has an alternator presumably to help power the aftermarket a/c. In making this car more correct I'd like to put a generator back on. Will a generator power the a/c at all? I really want to keep the a/c since I live in the south.
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Sure, the 12 volt generator equipped AC cars had generators till 1963. The factory AC cars used a higher oup-put generator. In place of the 25 amp gen. in 1955 and 30 amp in 1958 and up they had a 35 amp. generator and the correct voltage regulator to go along with it.
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I have a generator and regulator in my attic. What would be involved in making them 35 amp?
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Really nothing could convert the generator. The voltage setting in the regulator could be readjusted to 35 Amps if you could find some one that knew how to do it.
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Thanks guys. We've got a couple good generator shops nearby that may be able to adjust the regulator. Does any of the wiring need to be heavier. I assume not since it now handles the alternator.
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