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Easily fixed with a judicious application of external resistanceAs long as the rotor resistance is equal or greater than the rotor resistance of the alternator which the regulator originally came from, it will be ok. Example: If the original rotor resistance is 6 ohms, but the new rotor resistance of which this same regulator is now going into is 3 ohms, it will be supplying double the power, and heat, and will quickly overload and fail...
The Mil 100 amp alternator is a fine, very reliable unit. I am surprised you are having trouble finding a regulator for it. I try to equip all my trucks with this set up, it is more reliable than the 60 amp unit.
Should work. Size resistor appropriately regarding wattage.Easily fixed with a judicious application of external resistance
I second Doghead on the idea of a PTO genset, so long as you can get the engine into a comfortable RPM range to support the power output (with gearing and whatnot). Since you're going with electronic control of your truck, you could roll-in an engine governor function - just saying.![]()