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• Re: Battery isolator
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Tue, 11 Dec 2001 19:12:11 EST
  ...I feel it is not worth the effort >> there is an adjustable voltage regulator for the BOSCH unit that will allow you to "make...
• Re: Cold weather
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 2 Mar 2011 18:15:02 -0800
  Annie, It's probably not "the alternator"...it's the carbon brushes INSIDE the alternator; they are part of the voltage regulator, about $45...
• Voltage surges
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Fri, 21 May 2010 08:36:56 -0700
  ...Anyone got a working Simpson 280? Before I dig deeper into this, can anyone tell me if this sounds like an alternator voltage regulator...
• Re: '71 Hard Start
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Apr 1995 11:26:21 -0300
  >Friends; >t. > What should I check for first?? I have already gone back and >double-checked the connections on the regulator. Also, she seems...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 15:14:24 -0500
  ...That's the way mine are. (Several Vanagons) As to swapping the voltage regulator ... that may be where your problem is. The rebuilt alternator...
• Re: Battery overheating
  Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 14:07:32 -0600
  I would suspect the voltage regulator is overcharging but you could have an internal short in the battery itself. You need to find a...
• Re: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:32:34 -0400
  ...The voltage regulator controls > alternator output by varying the magnetic field (current) of the rotor > as it spins in the stator. Since you are...
• Re: Becketts Tome on Dual Batt.s,Relays,Saftey,and charging (Very Long)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 18:31:42 -0700
  ...Reinstall regulator. > That wire goes to the R terminal on the isolator. > Now the alternator can compensate for the 0.8 volt > voltage drop...
• Re: Aux battery tyro
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:15:11 -0800
  ...If you buy the version built for our Bosch alternators it tells how to modify the voltage regulator to overcome this drop. I don...
• 1968 VW Westfalia Camper for Sale
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Nov 1994 17:19:31 GMT
  ...valves, rebuilt solex carburetor, new K&N air filter, new generator, voltage regulator. With the exception of the engine block problem, this vehicle is...
• Another Monster Battery Option For Stock Locations
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Tue, 1 May 2012 12:53:11 -0400
  ...And yes, you ideally should to upgrade your voltage regulator, preferably to a 3-stage regulator, not a simple fixed voltage type. For the...
• Re: Any Guesses ~~ Now For Sure Your Turn Please ~ Update
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Thu, 8 Jul 2021 00:33:50 -0500
  ...gauge also reads low then it's undoubtedly the instrument panel > voltage regulator. > > Yrs, > d > >> On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 4:32 PM...
• Re: OSX Counter
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 21 May 2008 22:21:31 -0400
  ...It was the voltage regulator having no good > contact > with the inner piece in the alternator. It was rusty. Cleaned it and then > the...
• Re: How many volts can ECU handle?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:35:34 -0800
  ...net> wrote: > Hi Neil, > if you want to see what the voltage regulator looks like for the Megasquirt > ECU, go to http://www.megamanual...
• Re: your favorite 12 V accessory
  Historical mailing list - Troy Delnicki
  Mon, 19 Feb 2007 03:21:00 -0500
  FWIW, I just purchased two LED meters and voltage regulators from cold fusion. One of my meters arrived with a missing wire, so I...
• Update: Only 13V from Alternator
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:41:06 -0700
  ...the voltage at the starter battery at idle and 2,000 rpm: 13.1V with the headlights off. I pulled the regulator out of...
• Re: Aux battery tyro
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:07:59 -0800
  ...If you buy the version built for our Bosch > alternators it tells how to modify the voltage regulator to overcome > this drop. I don...
• Re: Voltage at alternator blue D+ lead?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sun, 15 May 2011 14:42:27 -0700
  ...I'm still tempted to try the brush replacement on the Bosch regulator. I assume I need to heat the backside and springs will...
• Blinking Temp Light
  Historical mailing list - Mister Tom
  Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:56:08 -0800
  ...I know there is a voltage regulator and a castapitor on the instrument cluster. Is it time to shotgun these, or might there be...
• Re: Bearings for alternator
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 1 Apr 2008 21:53:13 -0400
  Ron, one is $10 and the other is $12 and I can get you a Bosch voltage regulator for $39. These are SKF bearings...
• Re: Fuel and Temp read too high.
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 19 Oct 1998 20:55:12 -0700
  ...there was something that looked like a transistor called a 'voltage regulator' or 'voltage vibrator' When this would go out, it would make the...
• Re: PC power supply battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sat, 6 Dec 2003 14:10:14 -0700
  ...If you can't squeeze any more voltage out of the existing adjustment then you need to modify the regulator circuit with a resistor...
• Re: Battery recharge and stereo
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:37:33 -0500
  ...Medium answer -- from my experience in sailing boats, a long, long time, unless there's a three-stage regulator or manual charge control involved...
• Re: Battery isolator vs combiner??
  Historical mailing list - Brian Sassone
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 08:00:16 -0700
  ...14.2 > voltage at main battery: 14.2 > voltage at outlet in dash: 13.95 > > That's with a 1 year old Bosch regulator...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 15:35:39 -0500
  ...Got a spare voltage regulator? > > Let us know what you find. > > John > > > > On Jan 4, 2008 8:33 PM, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca...
• Re: more coolant blinker probs.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 21:14:40 -0400
  ...If it gets below ?11.5? volts or so the gauge regulator will fall out of regulation and reduce the voltage to the gauges...
• Re: Adding the second battery to the early vanagon ('80)
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 16:54:28 -0700
  ...Voltage is a little low, and while it works for me, I'd vote on the other system -- especially since the proper wires are...
• Re: Why do JC Whitney Battery isolators have this VW caveat?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 08:41:57 -0800
  MANY premium brand manufacturers use the same basic alternator with integrated regulator as the Vanagon. Mercedes, BMW, Volvo, Audi, Saab, etc..... Hard to accept...
• Re: hella 2nd battery kit
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Wed, 14 Jun 2000 23:09:00 EDT
  ...The relay switch was activated by a wire from the voltage regulator. If you have a discharged high amperage battery and connect the relay...
• Alternator Troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:02:46 -0400
  ...The voltage was 7.1V. Battery light still on dash. Thinking this is a bad voltage regulator or brushes, I pulled the voltage regulator...
• Re: Fixed Re: Progress, Puzzle on "Fuel pump won't work"
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Tue, 24 Apr 2018 07:27:29 -0700
  ...Progress, Puzzle on "Fuel pump won't work" Because you changed the alternator voltage regulator..... Could the alternator voltage regulator be blocking positive flow...
• Re: '86 still running rich
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 19:22:16 -0600
  ...The readings don't >> change when the mixture is enriched with the fuel pressure regulator. > >Sounds like a bad O2 sensor. > >> The engine runs...
• Re: OX and charge lights on...
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 21 Jan 2003 05:06:37 EST
  ...Whenever these lights are flickering, the battery voltage is greater than the alternator output voltage. In my experience, the likely cause is that the...
• Re: HS2000 propex
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sun, 29 Oct 2006 11:08:56 -0700
  ...The fan > speed is regulated by an internal voltage regulator so that changes in input > voltage don't effect fan speed. The HS2000 fan...
• Re: Alternator Troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:50:29 -0500
  ...The voltage was 7.1V. Battery light still >>>> on dash. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thinking this is a bad voltage regulator or brushes, I pulled the voltage >>>> regulator...
• alternator brushes was: Re: Engine install question
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 19:19:09 -0600
  ...To replace the brushes remove the alternator, then remove teh black plastic box on the back which is the voltage regulator and it holds...
• Re: Instrument Cluster Woes
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:07:43 -0500
  ...The voltage regulator in the cluster only regulates what goes to the temperature and fuel gauges. Mike Michael Diehr wrote: > My instrument cluster (85...
• Re: Electrical/gauge question
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 18:47:17 +0200
  ...bad regulator, or even a loose belt. It can also be a bad ground somewhere, but I would start checking the voltage coming out...
• Auxilliary Light in Engine Bay
  Historical mailing list - Ian Hallett
  Mon, 4 Dec 1995 09:27:41 +1100 (EST)
  ...the other (red with white stripe) appears to go to the voltage regulator via a common connector with a similar coloured wire from the...
• RE: Coil Draining Battery?
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 18 Dec 1995 10:35:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...If the "running" voltage is 13 or more, then your gen/alt and regulator is probably OK. If it's OK but your "cranking...
• Re: Oxygen Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 3 Jul 1997 14:32:26 -0700 (PDT)
  ...If the regulator and wiring are not at fault, check the lambda sensor by measuring its voltage output with the engine running at 3000...
• Intermittent charge
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:02:42 -0700
  ...The last 3 miles to this location the alternator lamp came on and battery voltage (dashmount gauge) dropped. Managed to find a nice spot...
• '79 bus alternator help please!
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 19 Nov 95 20:32:41 CST
  ...I get questions like "internal or external voltage regulator?" and "Bosh or Motorola". What do I need to get? 2) Is anything else likely...
• Re: alternators, voltages, rebuild, idiocracy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:01:25 -0500
  The alternator shops know where to get the Chinese knock off regulator brush assemblies for ~$16.00. Almost all the other parts are available...
• Re: HS2000 propex
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Sun, 29 Oct 2006 00:03:22 -0700
  ...The fan > speed is regulated by an internal voltage regulator so that changes in input > voltage don't effect fan speed. The HS2000 fan...
• Re: Last call for overheating help
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 07:35:05 -0500
  ...Maybe he has a faulty volatage > regulator. John, check the voltage at the voltage regulator, its behind > the tachometer. It should be 10.5...
• Re: Voltage surges
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Fri, 21 May 2010 16:19:46 -0700
  ...J Squirrel\" wrote: > >> This doesn't sound to me like a voltage regulator problem. > > Nope, me either. Gotta be a load, and I think...
• Re: dual battery isolator
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 19:09:47 -0600
  ...Ok, so now you can modify the regulator to increase the voltage or use a remote sense wire to compensate. At full load the...
• Re: [Nearly Off-Topic] Seeking Battery Switch
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:45:38 -0700
  ...The AC > charger's bulk cutoff voltage will be higher than the alternator > regulator setting, so it will continue charging until you unplug it...
• Re: Low idle, hard cold starting
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:55:08 -0600
  ...fuel pressure regulator, fuel filter, bad compression, idle >stabiliser, plugs, wires, dist. cap, rotor, vacuum leak, AFM, throttle body, >low battery voltage at startup...
• Re: Alternator replacement????
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:55:45 -0500
  ...The easiest way to fix > this > is to install a new voltage regulator into the alternator. The regulator > has > brushes built in. $30 bux...
• Fuel gauge wiring diagram
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Sep 94 10:55:06 bst
  ...So is the voltage regulator on the back of the gauge. So, before going to all the bother of removing the sender, I'm...
• The nature of dielectric grease; was Re: Charging better
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:06:37 -0700
  ...The plan was to install the external regulator and gain some charging voltage. I put the voltmeter on the alternator and started the bus...
• Re: Golf Alternator?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:57:24 -0700
  ...I suspected the voltage regulator mounted on the back of the alternator was the culprit, so I priced one out from my local FLAPS...
• Re: '86 still running rich
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 13:09:34 -0500
  ...The readings don't > change when the mixture is enriched with the fuel pressure regulator. Sounds like a bad O2 sensor. > The engine runs...
• screeeeeech
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 22:03:48 -0500
  ...The regulator quit and the alternator went to full unregulated voltage. It was a terrific load on the engine, hence the screech. The bad...
• Charging light question
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Speer
  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 09:06:40 -0600
  ...Time for a new voltage regulator? Also, does anybody know a source for those dashboard LED's? -jspeer '87 Westy, yet-to-be-named
• Re: charging system problem? battery sitting for a while.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 8 Jan 2005 17:01:45 -0800
  ...a way to test the alt or regulator? > I also noted with the headlights on, the voltage at the connectors is > around 11.4V...
• Re: 83.5 Waterbox Dash Voltage Stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Thu, 21 May 1998 20:00:43 -0500
  ...Finally my buddy Dan Houg from Bemidji put together a little external variable voltage regulator circuit which I wired in and adjusted. It's...
• Re: Fuel level gauge
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 27 Jul 2013 09:56:36 -0400
  ...It may be a ground issue? Panel ground is reference for the voltage regulator that supplies ten volts to the gauges. Sender ground is...