Bighornbob
Cadet
- Joined
- May 29, 2011
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- 6
The past 3 or 4 years I've been having tach problems. When I would start up my 1996 Force 120 the tach wouldn't work for the first 5 or 10 minutes. Then all of the sudden it would come alive, until I would shut off the motor. Then on restart it would go through the whole process again.
Recently, the volt meter would start doing the same thing, not working at first then coming alive after a few minutes. But sometimes working right off the bat. So I replaced the voltage regulator with a new Merc regulator this week and now everything works just as it should. Well almost that is. Historically my volt meter would read just a smidge over 14 volts when the motor hit 2500 rpm's. Now with the new regulator it will hit about 13.8 volts or thereabouts at the same rpm's.
So my question is this, will my outboard battery recharge correctly at 13.8 volts or does it need to be at 14 volts or above to recharge my main battery.
Recently, the volt meter would start doing the same thing, not working at first then coming alive after a few minutes. But sometimes working right off the bat. So I replaced the voltage regulator with a new Merc regulator this week and now everything works just as it should. Well almost that is. Historically my volt meter would read just a smidge over 14 volts when the motor hit 2500 rpm's. Now with the new regulator it will hit about 13.8 volts or thereabouts at the same rpm's.
So my question is this, will my outboard battery recharge correctly at 13.8 volts or does it need to be at 14 volts or above to recharge my main battery.