ALTERNATOR OUTPUT

67Dart273 said

If it uses an external VR, the VR would also have to be 24V, to cause a problem. If you connect a 24V alternator to a 12V VR, the VR will just back it down until it's 14V. It is likely that a 24V will not put out the current that a same class 12V will. Think power. So many watts

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Not sure....

The vr regulates the field current. Electromechanical type might not know anything about voltage just keeping the current at a desired level regardless of voltage?


Just spitballing!


I would really like to try to duplicate the symptoms, if you apply 12v to the field I'm not sure you will get 24 to 26 volts, but I have never fully fielded an alternator