06 civic resting voltage?

[myjaja 10+ year member]

[quote name='Full Tilt']Why are you opposed to external regulation? It's a relatively easy fix.[/QUOTE]

I'm not? I just didn't know if I'd be able to add one on my dc alt or not.

[quote name='NASTY08IMPALA']@myjaja; just spend the 125 bucks and charge at 15.1[/QUOTE]

Are they adjustable? Because I don't think my xs power d3100 batteries would like resting at 15.1? Maybe if I can adjust it to 14.8?

[quote name='jaeguerra909']15.1 yes but he is internally regulated so his alt is at a set point and dx usually does 14.3 so currently its not like he can squeeze much more if he wassss to externally regualte then yes he could charge at 15.1 and would be a great difference[/QUOTE]

On the dc website, it says my alternator should be doing 14.8. I also spoke to the distributor whom I bought the alt from and he told me that it should have an external regulator somewhere?

 

[jaeguerra909 10+ year member]

I'm not? I just didn't know if I'd be able to add one on my dc alt or not.


Are they adjustable? Because I don't think my xs power d3100 batteries would like resting at 15.1? Maybe if I can adjust it to 14.8?

On the dc website, it says my alternator should be doing 14.8. I also spoke to the distributor whom I bought the alt from and he told me that it should have an external regulator somewhere?

Lol yea I believeee mine says a higer voltage as well on their website but when I went down there they said my set voltage is 14.3 so they lieeee haha jk just externally regulate and ur limitless to voltage..incase u wanted to do different batts its all ways a good option I plan to do it to mine

 

[NASTY08IMPALA 5,000+ posts]

I'm not? I just didn't know if I'd be able to add one on my dc alt or not.


Are they adjustable? Because I don't think my xs power d3100 batteries would like resting at 15.1? Maybe if I can adjust it to 14.8?

On the dc website, it says my alternator should be doing 14.8. I also spoke to the distributor whom I bought the alt from and he told me that it should have an external regulator somewhere?

Yes they are fully adjustable .I run my car at 15.1 no issues with my dekas

 

[myjaja 10+ year member]

So this one would be good?

External Adjustable Voltage Regulator - Mechman Alternators

 

[NASTY08IMPALA 5,000+ posts]

So this one would be good?
External Adjustable Voltage Regulator - Mechman Alternators

Yup thats the one I run

 

[myjaja 10+ year member]

Yup thats the one I run

Awesome! Ill buy it then. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

Thanks for all the help everyone. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

If you can do math, then you will know it does. Whether that difference is heard is debatable, but if he's metering it can make a noticeable difference. Plus, you're farther away from that low voltage zone you don't want to be at.

If he's burping it will make little to no difference as he's drawing from the batts. 30sec music avg then yes that .3v could make a little diff...

Farther away from low voltage zone makes no diff "if" his electrical can't maintain that level. Doesn't matter where he starts out at...

 

[myjaja 10+ year member]

If he's burping it will make little to no difference as he's drawing from the batts. 30sec music avg then yes that .3v could make a little diff...
Farther away from low voltage zone makes no diff "if" his electrical can't maintain that level. Doesn't matter where he starts out at...

I would be doing 30 second averages so any little thing would help.

 

[myjaja 10+ year member]

I don't think I can run it any higher than 14.6 if I was to do the external regulator unless I get the 14 volt batteries. I read up a bit and people are saying the batteries would start releasing the internal gasses and would damage it with voltage above 14.6

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

I would be doing 30 second averages so any little thing would help.

Need a strong batt bank then to try and keep voltage up for 30 seconds since you don't have multiple alts...

 

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I don't think I can run it any higher than 14.6 if I was to do the external regulator unless I get the 14 volt batteries. I read up a bit and people are saying the batteries would start releasing the internal gasses and would damage it with voltage above 14.6

With xs batts that is probably true. My Dekas will see 15.3v on cold days with no issues, 15.1v at start up in the summer...

 

[NASTY08IMPALA 5,000+ posts]

I don't think I can run it any higher than 14.6 if I was to do the external regulator unless I get the 14 volt batteries. I read up a bit and people are saying the batteries would start releasing the internal gasses and would damage it with voltage above 14.6

Bulllshit .I charge at 15.1 for over a year no problems

 

[myjaja 10+ year member]

Bulllshit .I charge at 15.1 for over a year no problems

But you have dekas but I can't see why dekas would be able to take higher voltage better than xs. The thing is, it can be a $1000 mistake if my xs power batteries don't like the high voltage which gets me a bit scared to try it now.