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battery went dry
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Does this indicate a bad voltage regulator,,,,,and that may be reason for the battery going dry??
Yes and yes.
To much voltage will boil the battery dry, and the regulator controls the voltage. Anything over 14.5V max is bad.
I'm surprised you haven't been blowing light bulbs at that voltage.
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Does your system have a 5 wire R/R with a brown wire that is hot at key on?????
Make sure this brown wire reads the same as battery voltage, it is the "Sense" wire for the R/R. If there is a dirty connection then this wire will drop a volt or more, then the R/R will think the battery is under charged, adding the extra volt or so and boiling your battery.
Do you have a manual with the wiring diagram?????
Look here on this site as this is all covered many times, tests diagrams, downloads etc.
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If the battery is dry, then the high voltage readings may be a result of the dry battery.
R/R is reg/rec in one unit. I think yours is a two-piece... seperate regulator and rectifier.
If after you replace the battery, the voltages are still that high, make sure the brown wire on the regulator is the same as battery voltage while it is running. As Motor head said, if the brown wire is low on voltage, it will make the regulator appear to be bad even if it's good.
If the brown wire matches the battery while revving, and the battery is new, and the voltage is still too high, then the regulator is bad.
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