<div dir="auto">That's your decision but I  just purchased 2 from <a href="http://dynamoconversions.com">dynamoconversions.com</a> and can report that they are very well engineered and were considerably less than what you are looking at.<div dir="auto">My reason for going electronic is that I'm using an Li Fe battery:</div><div dir="auto"><a href="http://www.netbug.net/blogmichael/2015/09/14/lucas-17l-tar-top-battery-solution/">http://www.netbug.net/blogmichael/2015/09/14/lucas-17l-tar-top-battery-solution/</a> </div><div dir="auto">which was quite expensive and is easily damaged/destroyed by over charging.</div><div dir="auto">Despite many, many adjustments I have found that the mechanical regulators are just too inaccurate and the output voltage varies substantially with temperature.</div><div dir="auto">The electronic regulators have an absolute maximum output of 14.2 VDC which happens to be exactly the maximum that the Li Fe batteries can handle.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">M</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Oct 31, 2018, 7:12 AM Alan Seigrist <<a href="mailto:healey.nut@gmail.com">healey.nut@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I would just rebuild the genny.  are you planning on running a 300 amp stereo system in your car or something?</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 9:13 AM Bruce Steele <<a href="mailto:healeybruce@roadrunner.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">healeybruce@roadrunner.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_428323482702101442m_823574761308498722WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Somewhat related to my prior post.  Should I decide to rebuild the generator, anyone have experience with the electronic voltage regulator?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.bpnorthwest.com/voltage-regulator-digital-lucas-screw-in-terminal.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.bpnorthwest.com/voltage-regulator-digital-lucas-screw-in-terminal.html</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Bruce Steele<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Brea, CA<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">1960 BN7<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Michael MacLean [mailto:<a href="mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 30, 2018 11:05 AM<br><b>To:</b> Bruce Steele <<a href="mailto:healeybruce@roadrunner.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">healeybruce@roadrunner.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Accuspark Dynamator<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div id="m_428323482702101442m_823574761308498722yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540921732949_57130"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Cheaper to get your generator rebuilt.  Re-install, then drive it.  Not a big deal.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Mike MacLean<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">On Tuesday, October 30, 2018 7:36 AM, Bruce Steele <<a href="mailto:healeybruce@roadrunner.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">healeybruce@roadrunner.com</a>> wrote:</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family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