Message text written by jmwagner
>It made sense to me to buy a belt conversion from TriumphTune... that
enables
you to use the smaller modern type belt with a smaller pulley on the<
I am not familiar with that conversion. I guess that it runs a narrower
one?
Of course that will not change the output by itself. I agree that a
moderately
faster turning generator would be better at low overall RPMs. I guess
that the only problem might be the voltage output at higher RPMs.
If you run 10% faster, then you get about 10% higher voltage at the
same engine speed. When you rev up, there might be a limit to
how much your voltage regulator can down regulate.
Unfortunately I do not know the exact mechanics of the voltage
regulator. I suppose that it cuts in/cuts out windings to maintain
a certain voltage. I guess that the field windings are varied.
Fewer windings active means less intense magnetic field
around the output windings. This gives less voltage for a given
generator RPMs. I suppose that the regulator can control
only a certain number of windings before the number of individual
wires to the generator becomes excessive.
To the Net, can anybody clarify specifically HOW the regulator
does its job? I see only a few wires to the generator!
-Tony
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