> el pollo Wrote:
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> you are screwed up with names, you changed ground. that makes an ac
> stator dc. it also gives twice the output. a excellent repair but its
> not floating. honestly you can't float ac period. end of story. ac
> floats by definition.
>
> so what floats, dc only. the dc output could be considered floating.
> why because its not steady. when the dc voltage gets to 14.3 the
> regulator turns on. below 14.3 the regulator is off. the voltage floats
> with the regulator. 14.3 is the average voltage from the regulator. some
> times a bit higher other times a bit lower but when its on the average
> is 14.3v. that's the float. I don't care how many times you check, the
> frame is 0 with a dc stator. full wave dc ground does not float. on an
> ac stator you can run 1/2 wave. you float ground with an ac stator.
> ground is still zero but you can't use it because the ground coming out
> of the regulator is -7.16. when you float ground you use only the + side
> of the wave. what this means is ground can't touch the frame. ground
> floats isolated from the frame.
You don't understand what Marc is explaining very well and I don't think providing you with further explanation is going to help.
If you take either end of an AC coil and run it to a reg/rec, the resulting output scopes as DC power.