Shouldn't a starter function as a generator if you spin it fast enough? If it works as a generator, there's a good chance (electrically at least) that it will turn under external power? That's what I thought Gerry was talking about - until I got to the regulator :-)
On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 4:54 PM, fmiser via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > > > > > > is there a way to bench test [a starter] before > > > installing it? > > > archer75--- wrote: > > > > I put them in a big vise, hook them up to a battery, attach > > a voltmeter, and spin them with a drill or impact wrench > > and a socket. It catches the weak ones as well as the bad > > ones. A new regulator usually brings the volts up to > > normal. If not, it's probably the windings. Gerry > > What??? > > Spin it with a drill? After hooking it to a battery? > > Regulator??!? > > Ah! > > I think you are talking about an _alternator_ and Andrew is > asking about a _starter_. > > > -- > OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
