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cart around · 03-22-2015, 03:02 PM

Does this have an external voltage regulator with 3 wires?

If so, remove the green wire coming from your generator (remove from the regulator side), and ground it. Then rev it up, and check for voltage across the battery terminals. It should go up around 19 volts.

That's the procedure for checking a 2pg with external starter. I'm assuming yours is similar.

If the voltage climbs, it is a regulator problem. If it doesn't climb, it is a generator problem. Since it is a starter/generator, odds are real good that if it turns over to start, it is also working as a generator.

03-22-2015, 03:02 PM	#2
cart around Test before replacing Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Ohio side of the Pennsylvania border. Posts: 3,495	Re: 79 ez go internal starter generator Does this have an external voltage regulator with 3 wires? If so, remove the green wire coming from your generator (remove from the regulator side), and ground it. Then rev it up, and check for voltage across the battery terminals. It should go up around 19 volts. That's the procedure for checking a 2pg with external starter. I'm assuming yours is similar. If the voltage climbs, it is a regulator problem. If it doesn't climb, it is a generator problem. Since it is a starter/generator, odds are real good that if it turns over to start, it is also working as a generator.