Agreed, the voltage regulator is easy to check and adjust -- adjust it
slowly though! A bit too much of a turn of the screw and, watch out, 27
volts! A bit more than the battery wants, no doubt.
The adjustment procedures are in just about all the manuals, BMC, Bentley,
and Haynes.
Rich
> Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 19:40:44 -0700
> From: Gerard Chateauvieux <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>
>
> There is a detailed procedure to setting the voltage regulators in the
> Bentley manuals. There are adjustments for the voltage output and the
> cutoff voltages. Anyne having problems with charging should follow the test
> procedures before replacing things. I have found the settings to be off on
> more than one car I've owned. It's pretty easy to do, but you do need an
> ohm meter.
>
> Gerard
>
> At 5:27 PM -0700 8/9/00, Bryan Vandiver wrote:
>> I was just checking the output on my 'stock' bugeye generator the other
>> night,
>> and got a reading of 12.4 volts at idle, and it went up to 15.4 at around
>> 2500
>> rpm. (I may need to adjust my regulator)
>>
>> - Bryan
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