Re: High voltage
For an unregulated charging system, as you have ie just a rectifier, the battery acts as the regulator. Only true quality lead acid deep cycle marine batteries will perform this task adequately. Maintainance free or gel batteries don't make the cut. Even some "deep cycle" are of poor quality. You want a battery with thick plates (interstate makes a superb battery). A poor lead acid deep cycle marine battery has thin plates and consequently this plates can shift. And the result is that your battery acts like "BAD" ground. This is most likely where your overcharging problem lies.<br /><br />So the solution is: spend the extra money on some good batteries or hook up a voltage regulator.<br /><br />If not....<br />There is short somewhere. The stators can't put out that much voltage, if so you have a solved a problem engineers in that industry have been trying to solve for years.<br /><br />You should be able to run all day without electrical acessories running, and not overcharge your battery.
For an unregulated charging system, as you have ie just a rectifier, the battery acts as the regulator. Only true quality lead acid deep cycle marine batteries will perform this task adequately. Maintainance free or gel batteries don't make the cut. Even some "deep cycle" are of poor quality. You want a battery with thick plates (interstate makes a superb battery). A poor lead acid deep cycle marine battery has thin plates and consequently this plates can shift. And the result is that your battery acts like "BAD" ground. This is most likely where your overcharging problem lies.<br /><br />So the solution is: spend the extra money on some good batteries or hook up a voltage regulator.<br /><br />If not....<br />There is short somewhere. The stators can't put out that much voltage, if so you have a solved a problem engineers in that industry have been trying to solve for years.<br /><br />You should be able to run all day without electrical acessories running, and not overcharge your battery.