This video demonstrates how to convert a mechanical voltage regulator to an electronic one. The video shows the process of disassembling the old regulator, cleaning it, and installing the new electronic components. The video also shows how to test the converted regulator to ensure it is working properly.
Larry is going to show you how he converts old 12 volt mechanical regulators to electronic, all while keeping the regulator looking original on the outside. We can also make these conversions with adjustable voltage.
No more searching for regulators that will work with your old generator and are hard to find. And getting the coils wound is next to impossible. With this regulator conversion, your voltage will be more consistent.
Full Transcript (English)
0:01 – Good morning Larry at Hagemeister Enterprises
0:04 – Today we’re going to talk about mechanical voltage regulators and switching them over to electronic to keep that original appearance
0:15 – [Music]
0:23 – Let’s go over to the bench and take this apart and show you what I’m talking about
0:30 – So this voltage regulator is an original equipment replacement for a mid to late 60s ford product
0:35 – A 12 volt negative ground, that’s critical that we know that, 12 volt negative ground
0:40 – Years ago, there used to be companies in the US that rebuilt old mechanical regulators, and that was because we had so many of them
0:51 – They’re not as prevalent anymore, but they are still people that like that original look, because they’re still using a generator and they need it to be reliable
1:01 – Let’s see, we got inside here, a customer sent us this voltage regulator because he’s got an older falcon that he’s been struggling with buying voltage regulators to get them to work so he sent us this to convert it to electronic
1:17 – Let me just show you what’s inside here
1:20 – So here’s the internal coils of the of the voltage regulator and you can see by the rust here that it is it is quite old and obviously it’s quit working, that’s why he wants us to convert it for him
1:33 – Now we’re going to go ahead and disassemble these coils and get this regulator cleaned up in a flat surface, so we can install our electronic components and we’ll test it and see what it looks like
1:45 – Okay, here’s the finished product, we’ve got the conversion done, here are the coils that we’ve removed from the original regulator
1:54 – You want to remember that these coils are heat sensitive
1:59 – These regulators change voltage as they heat up and and that type of thing, so actually the cap when they’re installed even changes the voltage on these old mechanical regulators
2:13 – They were really good in the day, but we just don’t have the means to do that kind of windings anymore, at any kind of economical cost
2:24 – Here’s the electronic conversion right here, you can see the components are all inside here, fits under the cap, and being electronic it’s not as heat sensitive as those are, so it works really good when we do this conversion, and the cap sets right on, and put the screws in, and this is good to go
2:46 – Okay we got this finished, let’s go to the shop check on the boys
2:49 – Give this a test and we’ll send it back to the customer, come on let’s go
2:55 – [Music]
3:04 – Here we go, we got our voltage regulator set up in the test bench here, this is a conversion we did and we’re going to show you how that works
3:14 – Again, 12 volt negative ground, the great thing about it is if you’ve got a six volt generator you can use that, because our regulator will work on 12 volt, but you can still use your existing six volt generator
3:26 – And then you got a 12 volt system
3:28 – We’re all wired up, here let’s turn on our bench
3:30 – See, we got here, we got 12 and a half volts in our battery, let’s go ahead and start it and see what it does
3:37 – Came right up to 14.3, everything’s working perfect nice and stable voltage
3:45 – We got about 10 amps, we’ve got our amperage came down to discharging the battery 14.3
3:56 – Let me put a little load on it, up to 30 amps, that works fine
4:04 – The thing we’re after is, we’ve got a real stable voltage, and we can just set our cap on as i said, it all looks original
4:14 – Works great! So this is all set to go back to the customer, and we can do these in just about any voltage regulator, we just need to see what you have and what your needs are
4:25 – If you need something like that, we’d be glad to help!
4:27 – [Music]
0:04 – Today we’re going to talk about mechanical voltage regulators and switching them over to electronic to keep that original appearance
0:15 – [Music]
0:23 – Let’s go over to the bench and take this apart and show you what I’m talking about
0:30 – So this voltage regulator is an original equipment replacement for a mid to late 60s ford product
0:35 – A 12 volt negative ground, that’s critical that we know that, 12 volt negative ground
0:40 – Years ago, there used to be companies in the US that rebuilt old mechanical regulators, and that was because we had so many of them
0:51 – They’re not as prevalent anymore, but they are still people that like that original look, because they’re still using a generator and they need it to be reliable
1:01 – Let’s see, we got inside here, a customer sent us this voltage regulator because he’s got an older falcon that he’s been struggling with buying voltage regulators to get them to work so he sent us this to convert it to electronic
1:17 – Let me just show you what’s inside here
1:20 – So here’s the internal coils of the of the voltage regulator and you can see by the rust here that it is it is quite old and obviously it’s quit working, that’s why he wants us to convert it for him
1:33 – Now we’re going to go ahead and disassemble these coils and get this regulator cleaned up in a flat surface, so we can install our electronic components and we’ll test it and see what it looks like
1:45 – Okay, here’s the finished product, we’ve got the conversion done, here are the coils that we’ve removed from the original regulator
1:54 – You want to remember that these coils are heat sensitive
1:59 – These regulators change voltage as they heat up and and that type of thing, so actually the cap when they’re installed even changes the voltage on these old mechanical regulators
2:13 – They were really good in the day, but we just don’t have the means to do that kind of windings anymore, at any kind of economical cost
2:24 – Here’s the electronic conversion right here, you can see the components are all inside here, fits under the cap, and being electronic it’s not as heat sensitive as those are, so it works really good when we do this conversion, and the cap sets right on, and put the screws in, and this is good to go
2:46 – Okay we got this finished, let’s go to the shop check on the boys
2:49 – Give this a test and we’ll send it back to the customer, come on let’s go
2:55 – [Music]
3:04 – Here we go, we got our voltage regulator set up in the test bench here, this is a conversion we did and we’re going to show you how that works
3:14 – Again, 12 volt negative ground, the great thing about it is if you’ve got a six volt generator you can use that, because our regulator will work on 12 volt, but you can still use your existing six volt generator
3:26 – And then you got a 12 volt system
3:28 – We’re all wired up, here let’s turn on our bench
3:30 – See, we got here, we got 12 and a half volts in our battery, let’s go ahead and start it and see what it does
3:37 – Came right up to 14.3, everything’s working perfect nice and stable voltage
3:45 – We got about 10 amps, we’ve got our amperage came down to discharging the battery 14.3
3:56 – Let me put a little load on it, up to 30 amps, that works fine
4:04 – The thing we’re after is, we’ve got a real stable voltage, and we can just set our cap on as i said, it all looks original
4:14 – Works great! So this is all set to go back to the customer, and we can do these in just about any voltage regulator, we just need to see what you have and what your needs are
4:25 – If you need something like that, we’d be glad to help!
4:27 – [Music]
For any questions regarding your equipment needs, please call Larry at the shop.
HEI Phone number is 1-800-944-0494, ask for Larry.
Or send us an email through our contact form.
HEI Phone number is 1-800-944-0494, ask for Larry.
Or send us an email through our contact form.