Re: can't find post
I can tell you how. Map-out on a piece of paper which wire goes where, and disconnect the rectifier.<br />With an ohmeter, test between each of the four posts of the rectifier, then turn the leads around,and test them again. Between each set of two, you should get a reading (continuity) only in one direction ,and when you switch the polarity of the leads, nothing.<br /><br />If you get a reading in both directions, that leg of the rectifirer is shorted.<br />If you get zero reading, that leg of it is open.<br /><br />What a rectifier is in fact, is four diodes in a single package.<br />Diodes allow current in only one direction. Your rectifier has four of them, end-to-end. These four diodes connected like this are also called "Bridge networks",or "bridge rectifier", and are used in anything that plugs into the AC wall current, like TV.Radios, and such, to convert AC current to DC. Your takes the AC from the stator ,and converts it to DC.<br /><br />For that reason, any TV shop, Radio Shack, or auto electric shop can also test it . I'll look for a pic of a rectifier.
