Doug Dotson wrote:

There is a book called "The 12 Volt Doctor's Alternator Book" by
Edgar J. Beyn. It details many types of alternators and perhaps your
unit is in there. Seems like a pretty straightforward to remove an
internal regulator. It sounds like from your description, the alternator
you have does not have an internal regulator. In that case you only
need to be able to connect to the field terminal to use most
any smart regulators.

Doug
s/v Callista

I have a scanned copy of The 12 volt Doctor's Alternator Book at
http://hood.hctc.com/~esteve/private/books/Beyn-12%20Volt%20Doc's%20Alternator%20Handbook.pdf

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BTW, I'm running Delco 100 amp alternator with the internal regulator
still wired in parrallel with my (Plath/Beyn) AutoMac II (semi)smart
charge controller. It's just connected to the field brush terminal of
the regulator. This is the way that Beyn recommended in the installation
instructions. Works great on my ~800 AH battery bank. If the alternator
runs to hot, the charge current will be reduced or if necassary it will
drop the charge back to the internal regulator.

Steve
s/v Good Intentions