Balmar Dual Output Alternator

[Mike McDonald]

Maine Sail / Ron Hill,
I copied Maine Sails response to my earlier post regarding Voltage Regulator, below.  Ron you said you have the same alternator as mine.  Can either of you explain how to buss the two output terminals together to make it a single output.  Can I simply tie to two positive output posts together?  Or is their more to it than that?  Here is Maine Sails response to my earlier post.  Thanks.
Mike.....

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Re: Testing Balmar ARS-4 Voltage Regulator?
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2013, 06:33:43 PM »
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Mike,

I would urge you to go with an ARS-5 or MC-614. They are far better regulators than the Transpo. The Transpo is also just a very, very basic single stage regulator.

I would also urge anyone with an older dual output alt to buss them together and use them as a single output alternator. There are far too many cases of cooked banks due to dual output alts. There is a reason Balmar no longer offers them and that is because when you have one regulator and two outputs it makes proper voltage sensing nearly impossible. They are very easy to jumper to create a single output...
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[Ron Hill]

Mike : Contact Balmar, because your duel output came with a bridge that will easily turn it into a single output model.  They may still a bridge in stock?

However, I like my duel output and will leave it as it has been for the past 23? years. 

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Ron,

Where are you sensing voltage and how is it wired? I have seen more cases than I would like of chronic over or undercharging issues with these old Lestek / Balmar dual output alts and it all comes down to a voltage sensing issues.