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Originally Posted by timmy2 View Post
I have a new internal reg alternator on the shelf for an emergency in case my external reg alt wears out and needs a rebuild. I will keep mine with the external VR until it can't be rebuilt any more... External VR's are readily available. I have a new one installed now and a spare just in case it dies early.


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Modern technology, highly reliable, solid state external VR's are readily available in the marketplace.

Or, somewhere around here I have a DIY procedure/schematic (circa ~1965) for subbing in a transistor, "powered" by the relay contacts, for supplying rotor current. Zener to absorb/"damp" the inductive kick.
Old 01-24-2014, 09:29 AM
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