change key battery CHEVROLET CAMARO 1967 1.G Chassis Workshop Manual

ENGINE-ELECTRICAL 6Y-7

CHARGING SYSTEM

INDEX

Page

General Description . 6Y-7

Maintenance and Adjustments 6Y-9

Static Checks . 6Y-10

System Condition Check and Voltage

•Regular Adjustment. 6Y-10

General Output 6Y-11

Generator Diode and Field Test 6Y-12

Indicator Lamp-Initial Field Excitation

Circuit Tests . 6Y-12
Page

Field Circuit Resistance Wire Tests 6Y-13

Field Relay Test and Adjustment 6Y-14

Other Harness Checks 6Y-14

Service Operations 6Y-14

Generator 6Y-14

Removal and Installation 6Y-14

Pulley Replacement. 6Y-14

Brush Replacement (6" Delcotron). 6Y-15

Double Contact Regulator . . . . . . 6Y-16

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The charging system includes the battery, generator,

regulator, telltale light, and necessary wiring to connect

these components. The Delcotron is offered as standard

equipment, although there are various capacities avail-

able on all models.

The Delcotron continuous output A.C. generator (fig.

lc) consists of two major parts, a stator and a rotor. The

stator is composed of a large number of windings as-

sembled on the inside of a laminated core that is attached

to the generator frame. The rotor revolves within the

stator on bearings located in each end frame. Two

brushes are required to carry current through the two

slip rings to the field coils wound concentric with the

shaft of the rotor. Six rectifier diodes are mounted in the

slip ring end frame and are joined to the stator windings

at three internally located terminals.

Diodes are mounted in heat sinks to provide adequate

heat dissipation. The six diodes replace the separately
mounted rectifier as used in other types of application.

The diodes change the Delcotron A.C. current to D.C.

current.

Two regulators (fig. 2c) are available on the 1967 vehi-

cles,
a double contact two unit type and a transistor

regulator. The function of these regulators in the charg-

ing system is to limit the generator voltage to a pre-set

value by controlling the generator field current. Both

regulators have an internal field relay unit. The relay

unit allows the telltale lamp to light (as a bulb check)

with the ignition key on and engine not running. When the

engine is started and the generator begins to charge, the

indicator light goes out indicating that the system is op-

erating normally.

The double contact regulator, when used with the

special 63 amp air conditioning model generator (4 ohm

field coil) uses a field discharge diode internally in the

field circuit (figs. 3c and 4c). The added diode adapts the

BRUSH AND

TERMINAL

ASSEMBLY

SLIP RINGS
SLIP RING

END FRAME

_\

THRU

BOLT
DRIVE END

FRAME

BEARING

BEARING

DIODES

ROTOR

5.5" SERIES ID DELCOTRON
STATOR

ASSEMBLY
GREASE

RESERVOIR

BRUSH

FAN ASSEMBLY

6.2" SERIES 2D TYPE 150 DELCOTRON

Fig.
lc—Delcotron Cross-section View

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