[Healeys] Generator Voltage

[Richard Collins]

Thanks...I may want to tune it down a bit.  I have little draw on it and had
fried one previously with a bad regulator.  I have been running a borrowed one
all year at 13.7 V output and a new regulator without issue so this has me
perplexed.  I have been debating about putting a Voltmeter in as well as the
dash light is a bit too "idiot" for comfort for me.
Regards,
Richard of KY
BN7 #440



Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:11:59 -0800
From: rdryman1 at yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Generator Voltage
To: gonnagitcha90 at hotmail.com








my 2 cents:  would think it would depend if you drive the car a lot and/or
have high power draw. I set my reg. around 15.5-16 because I have air cond.
that has 2 fans--at night that is a fairly large draw. have had no problem in
about 25 years.  But I don't drive much---maybe once a month in the summer and
charge the battery up every 6 months or so. have a sealed battery and it is
about 4 years old now.
Also I have a Smith's voltmeter below the dash, just to make sure.
If you have elec fan in front of the radiator and have halogen lights then I
would leave it there or maybe change it to 15V.
If you have neither, then change it back to about 14.3V.




From: Richard Collins <gonnagitcha90 at hotmail.com>
To: Webmeister <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Fri, November 12, 2010 12:08:09 PM
Subject: [Healeys] Generator Voltage

Just installed rebuilt generator on my BN7 and it is showing OK output at
idle
but 15.7 volts above 1000RPM.  Does this mean I need to adjust the regulator?
I have looked at the archives and didn't find exactly what the input at the
battery should be. I always used 13.7 as the standard for a 12 v battery
charging rate. (Positive ground still and battery was polarized at install)