The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area The Electrical Bay generator amps

anyone know the amps for a delco generator 1102670 1E16 thanks kat.. its on a 41 gmc

This is a guess but generators of that era were in the 30-35 amp range if memory serves me correctly.

if I have a 26-30 amp regulator .. how do the generator and the regulator amps work... does one have to be higher or the same.. lost..

They should be near the same. The regulator limits the amount of amps that flows from the generator. A gen. would distrucked itsself if it kept going faster & faster. The voltage is an important part also. It is easy to test. It should not go over about 14.5 volts. 14 is preferred. If the voltage is too high you will damage the battery & lights & acessories. One of the advantages of an alternator is it wont put out more then its rated output of amps no mater how fast you turn it. The voltage still has to be regulated like the gen.

If you take the cover off the regulator, there are three wound-wire coils with contact points above them. The center coil, the one with the spring-closed points and the large wire winding, is the current regulator. The connector immediately in front of that coil is labeled "A" for "armature". The charging current going through that winding develops magnetism that pulls the points apart, and puts a resistance into the field coil circuit in the generator, dropping the output. By adjusting the spring tension on the points, the maximum current flow can be controlled. The magnetic coil with the finer-wire winding behind the "F" terminal has a similar effect on the field circuit, but it controls voltage, not current flow.

The operation of the current and voltage regulation coils is an either/or situation. They do not operate at the same time. With a low battery, the current regulator controls. Once the current drops and the voltage rises due to increased internal resistance in the battery, the voltage regulator takes over to prevent battery overcharging. If you want to protect the generator from overloading itself, adjust the regulator to deliver a maximum of 25 amps under low-battery conditions. The voltage regulator can still be adjusted to maintain normal voltage, even if the current regulator has a lower-than-normal setting.
Jerry