<VV> voltage regulator problem with "late model"

[J R Read_HML]

Put a FULL charge on the new battery.  Then check the regulator.  Will 
probably be JF.

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Later, JR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "dan and cat" <blackcatrecords@cox.net>
To: <VirtualVairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 11:03 AM
Subject: <VV> voltage regulator problem with "late model"


> on the way to our club meeting I started to have a problem with the 
> voltage
> regulator. drove about 35 miles .. and the battery was smoken... we got it 
> to
> garys house and put a meter on it . the reading off the battery was 
> reading 16
> and 18.   shouldn't it be in the 12- 13 range correct.? ok ..its the
> regulator. now all the guys from the club are working on it . to get the 
> volts
> regulated.. we tried it all.. even pulling parts off other corvairs we had
> sitting around..
>               I then limped it home..by disconnecting the altenator and
> running on the battery.. it died once and I reconnected it and push 
> started
> the car . then hauled butt home before the battery started cooking 
> again..I
> was only 2 miles away from home.
>             then I went to  my local alternator /starter rebuild shop.he 
> has
> done work for other corvair club members and did excellent work at a great
> price .so i have no doubt about his ability to work on a corvair.
> so I picked up a  nice new "interstate" battery. I did this because in my
> opinion if its "smoken" its shot. so he could check it out with a good
> battery... also we checked out the grounds to the motor and body . we even 
> ran
> a ground direct , to be sure it was grounded.
>          so i had already went to advanced auto to get a new one. it was a
> "sorgensen" type"
> we put it on and it only cut it down to 14-16 range.. at a idle..and 
> jumped to
> 17 at 2500 or so rpms...so we tried the one that he uses as a tester in 
> his
> shop. it worked fine and  cut the current down perfect. the meter read a 
> 12.5
> and 13.5 max at higher idle.. . so I head back to "advanced" to get 
> another
> one ,  put it in and it didn't do much better then the first one I bought 
> and
> it still doesn't work . readings again at 15-16 and higher at fast 
> idle..so by
> now I am just at a loss.. I returned the 2- sorgensen type. and the went 
> to
> "o"rielys  for the "borg warner" type"  and with that one the reading were
> just as bad or worse  15-16 range and it cost lots more.
> so the guy at the shop gave me his "tester regulator" to drive it home 
> with. I
> am go to get another "borg warner" type and pray it cuts down the voltage
> correct way.. is this normal ? when running in the 15-17 volt range..isn't
> that over charging ?  thus cooking off my battery.. or is 14-17 range
> acceptable ? is this where the new out of the box voltage regulators are 
> set
> at ? are they adjustable ? or do need to just get a internally regulated
> alternator and by pass the whole thing. ?  thanks for you time  ...I could
> really use some feed back.. thanks o lot...
>
> dan avallone-wfcc-2004
> 63 coupe-cristine
> 63 coupe-faith
> 66 vert-bad reputartion
> 62 brier-scooby
> 65 cp #12 coup-team 2k racing ol yeller
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