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Adjustable Electronic Voltage Regulator ?

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Any of you that have use the adjustable electronic voltage regulator, Have you had an issues with them ?...My regulator is charing around 15.0 volts, higher than I would like.. I've seen in FSM it may charge above 15.0 in colder temperatures (below 80*)..But I have never seen that , maybe you have.
 
I had an adjustable regulator on an airplane that I built, never had any issues with it, but agree with dadsbee. Seems like 15 would be a hair high, but is that accurate.
 
Could also have a cell going bad in battery, how old is battery?
 
I have the same as Kern Dog and it works great. Yours is likely overcharging because of voltage drops that @hunt2elk asked about... mine was. If you measure the voltage reference at the regulator, I bet it's somewhere in the 13.5V range. On my RR, basically every electrical connection was a slight voltage drop when under load; add them all up and the 1.5V drop means your regulator is seeing 13.5V but the alternator is outputting 15V.
 
I have a 66 and a 67 with electronic regulator charging as high as 15.4 volts as do a couple other electronic ones I’ve purchased. I had to go back to mechanical regulators to get back down into the 13.8 -14.2 range. Mechanic regulators at least can be adjusted although it’s kind of a pain. No one here knew of a source for an electronic regulator for my car’s era that put out 13.8 volts +/-.

Grounds and wiring resistance are going to affect mechanical and electronic regulators. If your car worked fine with a mechanical regulator, then it will work fine with an electronic one. If not it’s the regulator’s calibration.
 
dadsbee said:
Ok, but the only way I know which you have is that you stated same as KD's. Details help troubleshoot...
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The 1970 and later design...

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The Transpo adjustable regulator has been working good for me with the 136Amp Denso alternator.
If overcharging with newer style 1971+ type regulator, disconnect the regulator connector, and it it still overcharges there is a short on the field ground side. Sometimes the brush holder shorts to the case, or the wire to the regulator is pinched. If it stops charging, then look at the regulator. Re-connect regulator, and check the voltage difference at the regulator compared to the alternator output. They should be fairly close in voltage, but there are many places for resistance voltage drops between the circuits which could make the regulator "sense" a lower voltage than the alternator is outputting.
 
dadsbee said:
I know what 70 and later design is, the question put forward was "what year car", which the OP only "answered" by stating his was like yours.
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I don't think the year will help much, it's a 1962 Fury.. I put a 78 amp chrysler alternator, and a chrysler electronic regulator on it.
 
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