Brain fart regulator question Options

[mb911]

So was noticing I have less voltage while the car is running. I am use to seeing 13/14 volts as the pretty much normal. I have a fairly new marchel alternator and this year I am seeing 13v on the high side. Now I do have more electrical items, wide band o2, mega squirt, and active exhaust. Regulator going bad? Pictured in upper left. Hmm maybe I have them on the wrong pins? Might have messed that up?

[Superhawk996]

Ben,

I’m on vacation with no access to my technical documents but happy to see what I can find on-line to help.

I don’t recognize that regulator. Is is just a 3 pin mechanical regulator or is it something different?

You should be seeing higher than 13v with say rev’s higher than 1500-2000 rpm.

As others have alluded to - make sure you don’t have some high current draw somewhere loading the system heavily. I doubt that is the case - it would take a heck of a lot of load but something like heated seats or something like an active exhaust actuator that is stuck might be pulling high current???? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

[mb911]

Ben,

I’m on vacation with no access to my technical documents but happy to see what I can find on-line to help.

I don’t recognize that regulator. Is is just a 3 pin mechanical regulator or is it something different?

You should be seeing higher than 13v with say rev’s higher than 1500-2000 rpm.

As others have alluded to - make sure you don’t have some high current draw somewhere loading the system heavily. I doubt that is the case - it would take a heck of a lot of load but something like heated seats or something like an active exhaust actuator that is stuck might be pulling high current???? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

The fuses to the active exhaust are 5 amp so that’s not it. I will check connections and then I will probably dissect the regulator and see if it needs cleaning etc