Voltage Regulator?

[Bobby322 10+ year member]

Well I have had hell with my car in the past, its a '73 duster. I dont think it had anything to do with my system. My car would just always die and wouldnt hold a charge, even when I didnt even have my system on. So I took it to an electrical guy and he said it was the voltage regulator, along with some old crappy wires. I guess Im just asking if this will solve my problem for good? What exacally does a voltage regulator do?

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[Bobby322 10+ year member]

anyone? could this explain why my system would die on hard bass hits?

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

.... You have no voltage you have no power you have no boom boom.

A voltage regulator does exactly what it says, regulates the voltage coming out of the alternator.

 

[93dakota 10+ year member]

.... You have no voltage you have no power you have no boom boom.

A voltage regulator does exactly what it says, regulates the voltage coming out of the alternator.

As lilmaniac2 said its not that your battery wont hold a charge it is that your alt wont charge it. if you havent already fried your bat your luck though. It sounds like the voltage reg is regulating too low most of the time they just stop working completely and they way over charge the bat and fri it and some times the cars CPU and other things.

 

[Bobby322 10+ year member]

Ok guess it wasn't charging my batt. It would survive on a jump for a little while. Everytime I would pull my headlights on, the car would die

 

[slam 5,000+ posts]

i have one for 80 bucks if u want it

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

here are the regs you need

http://www.cpgenerator.com/voltageregulators.html

as well as an adjustable up to 15.1 for $26

if you are really cheap though any 70's or 80's rwd dodge/chrysler will have one on the firewall at the boneyard, also your autoparts

 

[slam 5,000+ posts]

thats the one i have

 

[Farmacist 10+ year member]

i have that same one too

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

i had one

 

[Bobby322 10+ year member]

Dont need to buy one. Electrical mechanic is working on it

 

[DBBOOM 10+ year member]

thats the one i have

Just like mine.