My friend has an Empac
generator on his
boat and the voltage
regulator is bad. He experiences no output from the genset, but when I remove the
regulator and put 12V on the field windings the genset outputs 110V.
The voltage regulator is the RST-55-1. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find anything about this part online. My friend called the company and they said the unit is old and obsolete. They sent him some regulators they had at the shop, but they don't know about the state of them. Most are labeled N/G which we assume means Not Good.
A few questions:
1. Are voltage regulators interchangeable? Can you
purchase another unit/brand and it will be able to
plug into the system? (Similar to
alternator regulators)
2. If we can't get an exact replacement and the regulators are interchangeable, is there a good regulator you would recommend?
This is the info I have on the regulator.