Home › Forum › Ask A Member › Voltage Regulation, Re: 1959 Starflite › Re: Voltage Regulation, Re: 1959 Starflite
Boy, that certainly was an educated and thorough explanation, probably true. I haven’t read it and absorbed it all yet. Can’t we just say the cut-out relay disconnects the generator from the battery when it isn’t putting out enough voltage to charge the battery? Yes, if it were not disconnected under such a situation, the battery would discharge through the generator. And it also is why the generator doesn’t charge the battery at all until it is running fast enough to close the relay. Think relay and not diode and the mystery goes away.
The current regulator section is what limits the maximum generator output in Amps (10).
The voltage regulator section is what controls the charging voltage (about 14.5 Volts)