[Spridgets] generator/regulator

derf derf247 at gmail.com
Thu May 2 21:51:29 MDT 2013


No.  Not all alternator are internally regulated.


On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 10:32 PM, <dwoerpel at wi.net> wrote:

> Question.  Do all alternators have internal regulators?
>
> Back in the day, my brand new '68 MGB had a Lucas alternator with
> an internal regulator.  The regulator would go bad and I had to
> replace the alternator after 8-9 months.  I did this 3 times.
> No one could find the problem.  I had a fog and a driving light and
> with those on anything else I switched on, i.e., wipers, the no charge
> light would come on.  I know the early alternators did not have much
> more output than the dynamos but it became $$$ and I traded the car in on
> a '73 Capri V6.
>
> I kept thinking if my car had an
> "external" regulator I could have monitored that and saved an
> alternator or 2.
>
> Just curious.
>
> DW
>
>
>
>
> > Changing the dynamo for an alternator was one of the
> modifications I glad
> > I
> >  did to my Sprite but with 150
> watts main beam and 100 watts dipped beam
> > headlamps does skew
> this for me.
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 02/05/2013
> 01:30:42 GMT Daylight Time,
> > dlh2001 at comcast.net writes:
> >
> > As of  yet nobody with an alternator conversion has
> complained about
> > anything
> > on  this list.
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