Alternator & Regulator: Description

Pickup is equipped with either a 50- or 60-amp generator. An Integrated Circuit (IC) voltage regulator is mounted inside generator.

Regulator components are enclosed in a solid mold. Voltage regulator and brush holder assemblies are attached to slip ring end frame. Two brushes carry current through 2 slip rings to a field coil mounted on a rotor. Stator windings, assembled inside a laminated core, form part of generator frame assembly. A rectifier bridge containing 10 diodes is connected to stator windings.

In the charge indicator light circuit, a diode monitors alternating voltage at the stator. When monitored voltage and charging voltage are equal, the charge indicator light is turned off.