Any experience with an adjustable Voltage regulator?
56D500boy
Posted 2018-04-18 3:45 PM (#561851)
Subject: Any experience with an adjustable Voltage regulator?



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If so, I hope that it was good.;) I saw this on ebay and jumped on it without doing any investigation or asking here.

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StillOutThere
Posted 2018-04-18 5:32 PM (#561857 - in reply to #561851)
Subject: Re: Any experience with an adjustable Voltage regulator?



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They all used to be adjustable. We took the cover off, adjusted the point setting, read the outcome on a meter, and put the cover on. This was just an external adjustment of the points inside.
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56D500boy
Posted 2018-04-18 6:03 PM (#561859 - in reply to #561857)
Subject: Re: Any experience with an adjustable Voltage regulator?



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StillOutThere - 2018-04-18 5:32 PM

They all used to be adjustable. We took the cover off, adjusted the point setting, read the outcome on a meter, and put the cover on. This was just an external adjustment of the points inside.


I know that the mechanical voltage regulators are all adjustable.

I was just wondering whether this externally adjustable regulator is better or worse than the normal cover-off adjustable types.

I just liked the idea of being able to have my multimeter attached to the battery with the engine at fast idle and then being able to dial in a voltage that I like, e.g. 13.9 V.

Time will tell.




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57chizler
Posted 2018-04-19 1:35 PM (#561896 - in reply to #561851)
Subject: RE: Any experience with an adjustable Voltage regulator?



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I used to run a 6-volt version of that on cars equipped with an 8-volt battery, could barely get the 9.2 volts needed to charge the 8-volt battery.
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