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eagle · 05-13-2012, 10:03 PM

I have the "regulator in a cutout can" from Mac's and it works flawlessly. I set my 3rd brush current to 16 amps, using a digital ammeter. I can run headlights for a couple hour drive and never have had a low battery issue. My typical charge current with a fully charged battery tapers off to around an amp or so. (thats reading from my old analog gage in the car, not too accurate...) When I am running headlights on low beam (21/50 bulbs) I am about on zero, with lights on high beam, just under zero a bit. I should hook up my digital ammeter and check to see what the readings really are but I've never had a problem so haven't done it yet.

05-13-2012, 10:03 PM	#11
eagle Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Eagle Bend, MN Posts: 2,025	Re: Model "A" voltage regulator I have the "regulator in a cutout can" from Mac's and it works flawlessly. I set my 3rd brush current to 16 amps, using a digital ammeter. I can run headlights for a couple hour drive and never have had a low battery issue. My typical charge current with a fully charged battery tapers off to around an amp or so. (thats reading from my old analog gage in the car, not too accurate...) When I am running headlights on low beam (21/50 bulbs) I am about on zero, with lights on high beam, just under zero a bit. I should hook up my digital ammeter and check to see what the readings really are but I've never had a problem so haven't done it yet.