[Healeys] Voltage regulator issues BJ8

[Alan Seigrist]

Wes -

Taking a quick look at the regulator circuit diagram for the RB340
regulator, it appears to me that the field resistor is getting too hot
because the "cut out" relay is not adjusted properly, which in turn is
putting too much juice to the field wire.

Alan

On 3/31/09, Weston Keyes <westonkeyes at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Folks,
>
>    More electrical woes.
>
> I have what looks like a brand new voltage regulator 22A.
> It appears to be working in that the ignition light goes out when the engine
> starts and is revved. The problem is that the longer of the two resistors on
> the back of the VR is getting very hot,in fact too hot to touch. I am using
> a
> digital volt meter so am getting a variety of voltage readings but the most
> I
> have seen is 17 volts coming off the generator. The battery is fully charged
> and is brand new. If I disconnect the wire from the VR to the field terminal
> on the  genny and instead run that too 12 volts I get the same readings on
> the
> output of the genny. Is my VR supplying too much voltage to the genny? I
> don't
> ming getting a new VR but don't want to just throw parts at the issue.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Wes Keyes
> York, Maine
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Alan

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