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Cub Lo-Boy 154 electrical issue

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Thanks in advance to those who take the time to share their experience and wisdom. I truly appreciate it.

Ok, here it is. Battery has been going dead lately; it's just over a year old. Picked it up from my mom's house, had to jump it to start, noticed that it wasn't charging. Put battery on charger overnight, started fine but amp gauge was erratic, jumping up and down on "charge" side of gauge. Cleaned terminals and points in regulator. Then center wire(GEN lead) melted. Replaced it. Now amp gauge not working, needle at extreme left of gauge. Test light shows power on all 3 leads of regulator when running. Also runs with battery disconnected for a couple seconds, so I'm sure it's charging. What happened that caused the wire to melt? And did I fry the amp gauge? Or do I have another problem that I'm not seeing?

Opinions and suggestions welcome.

Thanks again,

Anthony
 
I should clarify: it's a generator with a regulator mounted on top of it.

Sorry, should have mentioned that in the original post.

Thanks,

Anthony
 
Sounds like you regualtor is shot. The starter/generator set up is kinda goofy, but works, and I think that the regulator hung up, causeing the star/gen to want to motor, but thats not enough juice to accually make the start/gen to spin the engine. that melted the wire, and shorted the gauge.
 
Now that you say that, it reminds me: it did start to turn over a little. Not fast; really slowly, like dead-battery kind of slow, but the key was turned off. Will check on regulator and gauge tomorrow.

Thanks,

Anthony
 
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