Recent content by Keyu

Many thanks to everyone. Very helpful. Wish you happy cruisin' ;-)

Thanks for the great info and found a lot more your signature links :-) Will definitely look into using a converter or equalizer ASAP. Any recommendations?

Thanks for the feedback. My cruiser has all stock components and I've had it for 20+ years so unless something went wrong I would say the alternator design is fine. ;-) Shot regulator yes, could very well be and I thought so too. I tested it according to the manual though and everything is...

I thought so too. Battery config or additional loads shouldn't suddently make the whole system stop working as it's supposed to. As I mentioned in my post above, I re-adjusted the regulator and now things are working as expected. Will drive it for a few days and see.

For everyone reading this, I was not able to identify what caused this sudden overcharge, perhaps the fixing of bad wiring connections done by others, not sure. In any case I adjusted the regulator as per the manual and everything seems to work ok now. Still need to drive it but at idle and...

Yes I was not aware of this and after some research you're indeed correct. The options are an equalizer or a DC-DC (24-12) converter as you mentioned. With low loads on the 12V circuit a converter should be enough but I need to do some calculations.

You are correct... did some research and indeed there's an imbalance now and I need to install a battery equalizer. But this doesn't explain the problem I'm having. Today I adjusted the regulator as per the manual and now everything seems fine. Measured the voltage at the alternator B terminal...

Thanks for the info. I don't understand however why the system would overcharge. Voltage regulator should keep it within "adjusted" range shouldn't it? As I haven't touched it and it worked fine until 3 days ago, it should be max 29V approx. The additional accessories don't consume much. If...

It's the factory (2) 12V batteries in series.

Hi, thanks for your very quick reply :) The batteries are in series yes. This is factory, as the whole system is 24V unlike the FJ which is 12V, unless I misunderstood what you were trying to say. At idle voltage meter will show around 24V which is fine. As soon as engine is revved up quickly...

Hello, I am new to ih8mud and what an amazing place to share our love for cruisers. I own an HJ60, which I am now 'fixing/upgrading' and live in Africa. First of all I would like to thank all the people that participate and help one another. I've been reading many of the threads as I recently...