Fotoman
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I have a Leece Neville alternator, model 8MR2049KA (http://www.prestolite.com/pgs_products/specs.php?item_detail_id=889&item=8MR2049KA). It's suppose to give 51 amps but now that I have a Xantrex battery monitor, I can see it's only giving 8-10 amps, confirming my suspicion that it was under charging my batteries. I also have an external regulator (attached picture). I'm wondering if this could be the source of the problem. If my alterntor already have an internal regulator (from the specs I think it does), maybe this thing is useless and causing a big voltage drop. My guess is the regulator was part of a previous installation and the PO didn't bother to take it out when he got the Leece Neville. Any thoughts?