Re: Voltage Regulator or Cut Out?That is the question

Posted by Jack Metcalf on Sep. 22, 1998 at 06:48:39

In Reply to: Voltage Regulator or Cut Out?That is the question
posted by Curt on Sep. 21, 1998 at 11:18:13

I would go for the voltage regulator or an alternator.
The alternator will give you a much more dependable charge,
however it does not look authentic.
Several years ago I installed one of the voltage regulators
that are attached to the band.This gave good results while it
worked.The problem with this system (as they point out in
the installation instructions) is that several of the wires
are very very close to the spinning armature.In my case one
of them eventually was damaged by touching.It worked irratic
for several weeks,eventually putting out a charge over 30 amps
and burning out the generator.I am told that the regulators
that sit in the cutout can do not have this problem.
After I burned out the generator I installed an alternator.
While I have been very satisfied with the performance of this
I am considering for appearance,installing a rebuilt generator
with a top mounted voltage regulator.
Jack