opelsuby Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Fur my 81 Gl wagon. manual tranny. I am tracing down some engine electrical issues and was wondering your thoughts on eliminating the external voltage regulator and going with an alt that has an internal one. Good idea or bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 OE has been doing it for many many years. Its a common conversion on older (read pre alternator) cars. i see no harm in it, just get the wiring right. It does eliminate the possability of just replacing a bad regulator. nipper PS why would you want to do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opelsuby Posted December 6, 2006 Author Share Posted December 6, 2006 No real reason in particular. Just wondering if there was any benefit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyale 2.7 Turbo Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Basically None... but just in Case your Alt has a Regulator Damage, is Easier to Fix it up without takin` the Whole Alt appart. Also, you can "Manually" Set the Average amps. in Idle... but it can be Dangerous... Overvoltage can Fry a Radio, Headlight lamps... Etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Basically None... but just in Case your Alt has a Regulator Damage, is Easier to Fix it up without takin` the Whole Alt appart. Also, you can "Manually" Set the Average amps. in Idle... but it can be Dangerous... Overvoltage can Fry a Radio, Headlight lamps... Etc... personally i like external regulators, but those days are long gone. I hate to replace an altenator just because a regulator went bad, or a diode burned out, but those days are long gone. nipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opelsuby Posted December 6, 2006 Author Share Posted December 6, 2006 When chasing down electrical gremlins, you can bench test an alternator with a bad reguator. You can't bench test a regulator. At least that's what I'm told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 When chasing down electrical gremlins, you can bench test an alternator with a bad reguator. You can't bench test a regulator. At least that's what I'm told. no your test it on the car. nipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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