I have a Huco regulator on mine and it works perfectly. What voltage do you have at the battery with the engine off?
Voltage with engine off was 12.7. Something was going wrong when the alternator kicked in. Just taken it all off, all connections looked good, cables looked good. Not blaming the Huco had one on and then fitted a new one, voltage increased more with the new one?
it looks like it has the metal strip for earthing to the fire wall same ad mine.although first one i was sent didn't have that and didn't work
Not always, paid top price for fuel gauge reg, turned out to be £ 5 Chinese copy. Just got my money refunded today.
The Huco alt regs should be fine as, as far as I’m aware, they’re German made. The fuel gauge regs are a laugh - I bought one recently at full whack. They are cheap Chinese jobs that you could likely get for under a fiver. They’ll work, but how the usual suspects have the nerve to charge £30 for them is beyond me. £30 is pukka VDO prices. Good job you sent it back - I may do the same (after I’ve put it back together ).
My old regs connector had snapped so I ended up soldering a new connector on and it works fine. Your right about the charging bit, skins like rhino springs to mind.
Well worth patching the old ones up. The vibrator type is actually quite robust for what it has to do. Only downside is that it’ll likely make your dash lights throb ...
When you do, make sure you douple check the B+ post isn't too long and touching the metal back cover. Most new ones are too ling. And need cutting down to not short out
