[Shop-talk] Voltage regulators
Randall
tr3driver at ca.rr.com
Mon Oct 10 13:08:14 MDT 2011
> I guess I should have mentioned, mine is electronic not mechanical.
Ah, I see! In that case, the resistor is less important, as long as it
isn't too low a value (which could cause overcharging under light load
conditions). But the other two conditions (plus matching ground polarity)
still apply.
Seems like a strange configuration, though. American cars went to
alternators several years before electronic regulators, and even my 71
Triumph has an alternator with a partially mechanical regulator. Perhaps I
should ask, does your generator have a commutator, or slip rings?
-- Randall
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