4TR regulator question

[Bakdraft007]

It's also possible that the one you got from the Brothers was faulty - possibly a dry joint between the 2 x B+ terminals. I've met a few folk who've replaced their alternators for one with an inbuilt regulator (often with higher outputs) - some retaining the separate regulator (disconnected) just for show.

I do not think the new one supplied by rimmers was faulty. The chances of the one I had (4 pin) and the one supplied by Rimmers (also 4 pin) having the exact same fault and behaving exactly the same as each other is unlikely. You may wonder why I did not change the alternator to the newer more powerful one? Well I did not see the point. Since putting LED's on the car it hardly uses any power at all... just the ignition current really. I hardly drive it at night.. and then it has LED headlamps (60% less power than standard) so I thought just stick with the original.

[trunt]

Ahh.. But..

One of the advantages is the simplicity of the internal regulator type..

You would have had it fixed by now

Terry

[Bakdraft007]

Ahh.. But..

One of the advantages is the simplicity of the internal regulator type..

You would have had it fixed by now

Terry

True