Blowing voltage regulators

Dodge6719 said

Aah ok, the points had welded themselves together. And then naturally the fuse wire.
The fuse wire runs on the inside between one side of the points to the resistor, correct? And there's one on both sides of the breaker points?

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Yes. correct.
There's a fuse wire for each. One for the upper contact and another for the lower.
If the fuse to the upper melted, my first guess would be a short to ground.
If the upper points got welded together but the fuse did not melt then for some reason its trying for maximum power for long period of time.

Illustrations snipped from a scanned '69 Dodge Service Manual.