why can't I get a good quality voltage reulator?
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My truck stopped charging about 2 weeks ago. noticed it on the way home one night (dim lights). next morn no start. charged my battery and went to work and put a meter on it ,sure enough no charge. got a new voltage reg from napa and it was charging again . a little high though about 15 volts. I let it go. by Saturday of that week (5 days) my battery blew up. Monday went back to work and checked it and was charging 18 volts. needless to say put in a new batt and voltage reg. still slightly over charging. fast forward to this sat and again over charging but caught it and unplugged the reg. back to square one. not that it couldn't be an issue but the alternator is about a year old.
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Re: why can't I get a good quality voltage reulator?
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Would probably help to give the year, make and model.
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Re: why can't I get a good quality voltage reulator?
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sorry to me there all the same. 89 pick up with a diesel. same voltage reg from 70 to like 92 or so. and it's in my sig
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Re: why can't I get a good quality voltage reulator?
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yep i'll check the wiring it was all good before the first reg went bad. after the second reg went in if you brought up the rpms it would charge in the 14.7 range which is where it should charge. the ground is good, first thing I always check on any mopar voltage reg.
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Re: why can't I get a good quality voltage reulator?
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sorry to me there all the same. 89 pick up with a diesel. same voltage reg from 70 to like 92 or so. and it's in my sig Actually, not all the same. In 89 the gas trucks used the computer to control the charging, dunno about the diesels though. So the information is important. If you have had two bad VR's then I'd look elsewhere.
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Re: why can't I get a good quality voltage reulator?
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Yeah my Diesel has just a basic mopar electronic voltage reg. All of them now made in china.
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Re: why can't I get a good quality voltage reulator?
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#1 confirm that you have a good (not sulphated) battery in there (that is capable of being charged), that is fully charged. If it is that new one you should be good there (& likely fully charged if not over that by now!).
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Re: why can't I get a good quality voltage reulator?
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I would be checking my grounds and voltage feedback to the regulator.
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Re: why can't I get a good quality voltage reulator?
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I had the same problem wound up being the wire between the alternator and the voltage regulator having a really high resistance. Tim
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Re: why can't I get a good quality voltage reulator?
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I had the same problem wound up being the wire between the alternator and the voltage regulator having a really high resistance. Tim Exactly my point!
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