[Healeys] Voltage Regulator Issue

[Alan Seigrist]

Greg -

Take a file to the contacts in your regulator.  If the contact faces
are fouled, they may not be allowing sufficient charge to get to your
battery.

Alan

'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8


On 9/13/07, Greg Lemon <glemon at neb.rr.com> wrote:
> I have been having a charging issue with my BN1, the battery does not stay
> charged, charges OK on a charger.
>
> I have had the generator tested by a shop and it is OK.
>
> I messed with the voltage regulator a little bit, the cut out seems to
> operate a little early (low voltage, low RPMS) but I would not think that
> would affect charging.  I tried to adjust it but turning the adjustment
> screw and it made no difference.
>
> Tested the voltage regulator side, it was allowing a higher than spec
> voltage, I adjusted it down to spec of about 16 volts.
>
> Then I tested at the battery to see if it was getting charge, car off
> battery is about 12.9 volts, at idle 12.8, when I rev it it goes all over
> goes up to around 14 plus volts until about 2000 RPM, then after that it
> drops to slightly over 12, as understand it it should keep going up and
> stabilize at about 14.5??
>
> Anyway any advice from electrical gurus appreciated.
>
> If it is recommended that I get a new regulator I will do that, they are not
> that expensive and when I was much younger I fried pretty much my whole
> electrical system after messing with the voltage regulator, really don't
> want to do that again.
>
> Greg Lemon
> 54 BN1