Alternator and Voltage Regulator

doobie · Jan 19, 2009

Evening! just a quick question, i've doing a bit of re-wiring in a series 2a, it has been fitted with and alternator in the past but currently retains the voltage regulator.

Am i right in thinking that the voltage regulator is now redundant? I'd like to take it out as i'm trying to tidy up the birds nest of wires! :violin:

oh, and anyone know where the purple wire from the thingy goes??

brnocz · Jan 19, 2009

if you want a wiring diagram i will email thru, is it posative earth or neg earth i have both let me know regards jim

brnocz · Jan 19, 2009

what thingy you on about only 1 i can see is for interior light, if your on about the winggy thingy she is in the other room watchin telly

doobie · Jan 19, 2009

brnocz said:
if you want a wiring diagram i will email thru, is it posative earth or neg earth i have both let me know regards jim

thanks for the offer but i've got some wiring diagrams already, i'd be clueless without them!! :confused2:

brnocz · Jan 19, 2009

what thingy you on about

rustyrhinos · Jan 19, 2009

I have completely re-wired mine and the voltage regulator has been taken out. No issues as of yet!

doobie · Jan 20, 2009

rustyrhinos said:
I have completely re-wired mine and the voltage regulator has been taken out. No issues as of yet!

cool, well if you have an electrical failure in the middle of no-where on yer rally give me a shout and i'll re-fit my regulator!!

brnocz said:
what thingy you on about

dunno, it were covered in tape and didnt look important so its not there now!! cheers folks!

brnocz · Jan 20, 2009

i think i will take a leaf out of your book, cover the mrs in tape and say it dont look important THEN SLING IT

doobie · Jan 20, 2009

brnocz said:
i think i will take a leaf out of your book, cover the mrs in tape and say it dont look important THEN SLING IT

you know it has to be done!! your dead right on the purple wire though, goes to the interior light, well it would but there's no light fitting there anymore!!

andydclements · Jan 20, 2009

I took the voltage regulator out of an Elf when i swapped from +ve earth dynamo to -ve earth alternator, yes it's redundant, but if you want to leave it in for looks you can simply swap a wire or two over and it acts as a nice little connector block for you.

rustyrhinos · Jan 20, 2009

you know it has to be done!! your dead right on the purple wire though, goes to the interior light, well it would but there's no light fitting there anymore!!

Do you mean the charge light? Some alternators will not work without this connected if you didn't alrady know.

cool, well if you have an electrical failure in the middle of no-where on yer rally give me a shout and i'll re-fit my regulator!!

Haha, cheers for that!

doobie · Jan 21, 2009

rustyrhinos said:
Do you mean the charge light? Some alternators will not work without this connected if you didn't alrady know.

cheer's, i dint know that actually, i do have the charge light wired up though so i should be alright!! i got the bugger to fire up earlier so it apears to be wired up in some sort of sensible way, although i did have to jumper the starter solinoid but thats the next thing on the to sort list.......:brushteeth:

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