I am not familiar with the unit but you may try to clean the relay
contacts using a point burnisher, sounds like they could be oxidized
causing a high resistance and heating up.
Just a thought,
Ed
Henry Barwood wrote:
> I am trying to get a Phillips XRG 2000 running. It is in pretty good
> shape, but has a number of modifications that are a pain. My biggest
> problem is that relay #1 (as far as I can tell) in the milliamp
> control assembly is overheating. You can see the contact get red hot
> when you start the generator. I suspect that either the tube V1 or the
> battery may be bad, but does anyone know if this would pull down the
> relay as well? If there is anyone out there who has played with these
> old work-horse generators and might give me a hand, I would appreciate
> it. Thanks.
>
>
>
> Henry Barwood
>
> Professor of Science, Earth Sciences
>
> Department of Math and Physics
>
> MSCX 312G
>
> Troy University
>
> Troy, Alabama
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