Is there a commercially available solid state voltage regulator that can be used with a generator?
” Having been asked this question once too often, one day I got over zealous and did some serious Googling, and to my surprise, I actually found something that might be useful (maybe). This is Bosch part number 30019 electronic voltage regulator. This part is listed as a replacement for the electro-mechanical regulator for 1967-1973 VW Beetle, and some other VW models of similar vintage, which used a generator (not alternator) with negative earth electrical system (or possibly converted to negative earth). Addendum June 2005: For anyone who may have been looking at this page and considering using this regulator for your MG, forget it, because it won’t work with the Lucas generator. The Lucas generator has the field coil grounded internally, and the field current is controlled by modulating the field input voltage. The Bosh generator has the field coil connected internally to the power output (system voltage), and the field current is controlled by modulating the field ground connection
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