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Cloud_Dancer
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Jul 27, 2016

(FINAL Update )...Alternator voltage too high, question

Mine is a 2003 Spartan chassis, 8.3 350HP Cummins engine, Leece Neville HD alternator with integral voltage regulator. It set at the lake for a month, hooked up to shore power, and I went to check it ...
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Cloud_Dancer
Explorer II
Aug 01, 2016
Kayteg1 wrote:
Voltage regulator is what is says.
Most of us associate it with alternator brushes, as that is the only way in US to buy, but the unit has electronic circuit inside as well.
When the circuit fails - whole thing needs to be replaced (you can save good brushes for re-soldering them next time)
With readouts >15 V there is not much to think about.



Not clear on what you wrote. Are you saying it's open and shut, the voltage regulator is the culprit?

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