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what's the condenser for on a mechanical voltage regulator?
Just tried my '66 GTO's mechanical voltage regulator on my friend's
'69 Firebird and it started charging his battery again. Even though he had bought a new voltage regulator a month or so ago. (And then an alternator.) His does not have the condenser installed on the voltage regulator like mine does, but there's a terminal for it. I'm wondering if the condenser is necessary, maybe to keep the contacts from burning? I'd heard it was to prevent radio intereference, which we don't care about. I can't find anything in the service manual about it. If it's necessary to prevent contacts burning, maybe his new voltage regulator fried its contacts. |
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