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koates · 07-13-2016, 04:00 AM

Rusty, I cant see any reason why you should have an electronic regulator modification if your original voltage regulator has its voltage set correctly as per the original specs. Have you measured the voltage at the regulator generator and battery terminals with a few engine revs up ? You need to do this to establish what is going on. Anything above 7.8 volts would be getting a bit high. 7.5 volts would be a nice happy medium setting which will not overcharge your battery. No good just guessing and jumping into swapping components. Regards, Kevin.

07-13-2016, 04:00 AM	#8
koates Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Melbourne Australia. Posts: 2,219	Re: 1939 ford voltage regulator conversion Rusty, I cant see any reason why you should have an electronic regulator modification if your original voltage regulator has its voltage set correctly as per the original specs. Have you measured the voltage at the regulator generator and battery terminals with a few engine revs up ? You need to do this to establish what is going on. Anything above 7.8 volts would be getting a bit high. 7.5 volts would be a nice happy medium setting which will not overcharge your battery. No good just guessing and jumping into swapping components. Regards, Kevin.