PX1/BT-50 alternator regulator
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2023 9:02 am
Hi all,
I am driving a BT-50 ( PX1 specs), no smart charge and I am wondering if anybody knows if the voltage sensing connection of the alternator regulator is accessible?
I could not make sense of the wiring diagrams and was wondering if maybe there is even some fused link for this. I had years ago in a Toyota Prado a fuse in the fuse box controlling this circuit so was hoping for something similar
Reason for my question is that I am looking for a way to increase the charging voltage by a small amount eg a diode in the voltage sensing circuit would "fool" the regulator accordingly
I found that there is some temperature compensation which drops the the charging voltage above around 33 degrees outside temperature and it would be helpful for my particular use case to to avoid that.
Alternatively it would be interesting to know where the temperature input is coming from, I would assume not from inside the alternator, but again I was unsuccessful of getting any information out of the wiring diagrams
Thanks in advance for your help
Mike
I am driving a BT-50 ( PX1 specs), no smart charge and I am wondering if anybody knows if the voltage sensing connection of the alternator regulator is accessible?
I could not make sense of the wiring diagrams and was wondering if maybe there is even some fused link for this. I had years ago in a Toyota Prado a fuse in the fuse box controlling this circuit so was hoping for something similar
Reason for my question is that I am looking for a way to increase the charging voltage by a small amount eg a diode in the voltage sensing circuit would "fool" the regulator accordingly
I found that there is some temperature compensation which drops the the charging voltage above around 33 degrees outside temperature and it would be helpful for my particular use case to to avoid that.
Alternatively it would be interesting to know where the temperature input is coming from, I would assume not from inside the alternator, but again I was unsuccessful of getting any information out of the wiring diagrams
Thanks in advance for your help
Mike