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1. [Shop-talk] Voltage regulators (score: 1): Author: Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org>; Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:15:59 -0400; For the ~30 years I've been playing with vehicles, regulators have been a mysterious black box to be immediately replaced (right after the battery) if anything is wrong with the charging system. I ha; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00000.html (8,459 bytes)
2. Re: [Shop-talk] Voltage regulators (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <TR3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:08:18 -0700; Regulators are matched to the generator in several ways. One is whether it grounds the field or connects it to the output (which in turn depends on how the field windings are connected inside the gen; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00001.html (9,485 bytes)
3. Re: [Shop-talk] Voltage regulators (score: 1): Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@cablespeed.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:27:53 -0400; I don't know anything about those fancy Eyetalian voltage regulators but those British Lucas regulators operate on smoke......If you let the smoke leak out you are screwed. ;-) ______________________; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00002.html (8,928 bytes)
4. Re: [Shop-talk] Voltage regulators (score: 1): Author: Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org>; Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:52:09 -0400; I guess I should have mentioned, mine is electronic not mechanical. Mechanical I could probably look at and figure out. Electronic...ah...I remember building Heathkits in high school...my color organ; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00003.html (9,273 bytes)
5. Re: [Shop-talk] Voltage regulators (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:08:14 -0700; Ah, I see! In that case, the resistor is less important, as long as it isn't too low a value (which could cause overcharging under light load conditions). But the other two conditions (plus matching; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00004.html (9,714 bytes)
6. Re: [Shop-talk] Voltage regulators (score: 1): Author: Wayne <wmc_st@xxiii.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:33:01 -0400; Wow, I was gonna say I'd never heard of a "mechanical voltage regulator" but I guess I did a long time ago. I'm only 45, mind ya'. Surely there is some solid state one you can retrofit (unless you're; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00005.html (10,299 bytes)
7. Re: [Shop-talk] Voltage regulators (score: 1): Author: Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org>; Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:01:59 -0400; Neither- it's an alternator, and it's built into and under the flywheel which has permanent magnets. From the manual: "The stator is provided with 5 charging coils which supply the current needed to; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00006.html (10,722 bytes)
8. Re: [Shop-talk] Voltage regulators (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:18:43 -0700; In general, alternators don't need current regulation and hence the regulator doesn't know or care how much current the alternator can produce. For example, older GM alternators used the same (inter; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00007.html (10,727 bytes)
9. Re: [Shop-talk] Voltage regulators (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:40:50 -0700; Aha again! In that case, please ignore everything I said before. I thought we were talking DC generator as found on old cars, where the regulator controls the field. Permanent magnet alternators are; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00008.html (9,995 bytes)
10. Re: [Shop-talk] Voltage regulators (score: 1): Author: "Jack Brooks" <jibjib@att.net>; Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:08:05 -0700; Go see your favorite old-time alternator guy, or ask the kids with the really loud stereos where they go for alternators and you will find a qualified alternator guy. I put a little alternator from a; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00009.html (10,884 bytes)
11. Re: [Shop-talk] Voltage regulators (score: 1): Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:26:13 -0400; Unlike most regulators, that one is not potted. So it is in theory fixable, if you can identify what component is bad, and get a replacement for it. The circuit may be nothing but a rectifier and a v; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00010.html (10,975 bytes)
12. [Shop-talk] Voltage regulators (score: 1): Author: jamesf at groupwbench.org (Jim Franklin); Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:15:59 -0400; For the ~30 years I've been playing with vehicles, regulators have been a mysterious black box to be immediately replaced (right after the battery) if anything is wrong with the charging system. I ha; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00118.html (8,405 bytes)
13. [Shop-talk] Voltage regulators (score: 1): Author: TR3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:08:18 -0700; Regulators are matched to the generator in several ways. One is whether it grounds the field or connects it to the output (which in turn depends on how the field windings are connected inside the gen; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00119.html (9,244 bytes)
14. [Shop-talk] Voltage regulators (score: 1): Author: gerrybraz at cablespeed.com (Gerald Brazil); Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:27:53 -0400; I don't know anything about those fancy Eyetalian voltage regulators but those British Lucas regulators operate on smoke......If you let the smoke leak out you are screwed. ;-); /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00120.html (8,661 bytes)
15. [Shop-talk] Voltage regulators (score: 1): Author: jamesf at groupwbench.org (Jim Franklin); Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:52:09 -0400; I guess I should have mentioned, mine is electronic not mechanical. Mechanical I could probably look at and figure out. Electronic...ah...I remember building Heathkits in high school...my color organ; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00121.html (9,145 bytes)
16. [Shop-talk] Voltage regulators (score: 1): Author: tr3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:08:14 -0700; Ah, I see! In that case, the resistor is less important, as long as it isn't too low a value (which could cause overcharging under light load conditions). But the other two conditions (plus matching; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00122.html (9,714 bytes)
17. [Shop-talk] Voltage regulators (score: 1): Author: wmc_st at xxiii.com (Wayne); Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:33:01 -0400; Wow, I was gonna say I'd never heard of a "mechanical voltage regulator" but I guess I did a long time ago. I'm only 45, mind ya'. Surely there is some solid state one you can retrofit (unless you're; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00123.html (10,307 bytes)
18. [Shop-talk] Voltage regulators (score: 1): Author: jamesf at groupwbench.org (Jim Franklin); Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:01:59 -0400; Neither- it's an alternator, and it's built into and under the flywheel which has permanent magnets. From the manual: "The stator is provided with 5 charging coils which supply the current needed to; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00124.html (10,695 bytes)
19. [Shop-talk] Voltage regulators (score: 1): Author: tr3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:18:43 -0700; In general, alternators don't need current regulation and hence the regulator doesn't know or care how much current the alternator can produce. For example, older GM alternators used the same (inter; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00125.html (10,586 bytes)
20. [Shop-talk] Voltage regulators (score: 1): Author: tr3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:40:50 -0700; Aha again! In that case, please ignore everything I said before. I thought we were talking DC generator as found on old cars, where the regulator controls the field. Permanent magnet alternators are; /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00126.html (10,048 bytes)

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