HOW VOLTAGE REGULATORS AND BRUSHLESS GENERATORS WORK Customers often ask, just what does a generator voltage regulator do, how does it work?
How does a brushless generator work? A voltage regulator does, just what it’s name implies, it regulates the output voltage of the generator. It does this using a very small portion of the generators output, and converting that AC voltage into a DC current that is inversely proportional to the generators output voltage (once it reaches full voltage). Basically, the more voltage output of the generator, the less DC current the voltage regulator produces. A brushless generator consists of a part that spins called an armature, this is most often connected to your engines flywheel, and a part that doesn’t spin, this is called the stator. When the engine starts to spin the armature, residual magnetism in the armature induces a small voltage in the output windings of the stator, most often over 10 volts, but not allot more. This voltage is converted to a DC current by the voltage regulator, which is connected to a second set of windings in the stator, called the exciter windings. This DC cur
