Improving charging rate

[e3steve]

Guys (this mode of address includes gals too, so just leave it there!), we're all aware that the 247 & 305 alternator (dynamo) is kind of weedy, so I'm working on a simple, low-cost route to improve the charging rate. I'll keep you all posted here, so watch this space over the ensuing days/weeks. It's bloody hot here in Spain right now (40ºC - sorry, we're metric!) and getting more & more humid by the day, so I'm stayin indoors in the aircon as much as possible. I'll work on it as & when I'm not melting!

Keep revving!

Regards,

Steve Edwards

PS: I'm a Brit, so please help me out when we don't use the same words, thanks.

[e3steve]

If anyone can help with some alternator stator coil readings, please read the following request. This could benefit all owners (then again, it could just be a damp squib!). Any help will go a long way and would be much appreciated.

Regards,

Steve Edwards

Need help please....in order to help others. Anyone out there with a multi-meter and proficient in its use? I need to know the readings of the alternator coils on a C or CA series engine, along with another CB, CP or CYP other than a ’64. If someone could help and I can improve the charge rate. I’ll post the results soon. This is a simple measurement and doesn’t need to be super-accurate, but just a rounded-up reading to the nearest ohm or 2; please disconnect the battery neg cable, preferably from the chassis bolt, first:

Method C / CA
i) Disconnect the YELLOW & BROWN wires at the rectifier and measure the impedance, with the meter on the OHMS (Ω / resistance) scale, across these two wires; please note the reading.

ii) With the ignition OFF measure the impedance, at either the ign switch or its associated coupler block, across the PINK & YELLOW wires (terminals DY & SE in the switch itself); again, please note the reading as above.

Method CB / CP / CYP
iii) as method C / CA, but with reading ii taken at the lighting switch in the headlamp shell; wire colours should be the same, as should the terminals’ markings.

Once I have all the readings for each model I can continue the research to improve these models’ battery charging rates. I could post my idea now, but it would be inaccurate and experimental, and therefore probably unsafe.

Please email to me (e3steve@msn.com) or post results.

Many thanks.