Got my XS Power VCM!

[DEEz NUTz]

sorry i didnt get to hookin this up yesterday, the plug came in but i went straight to chickens after work (at 1) and didnt even get home till 9:30. Drinking a beer and hanging in the studio is to irrisistable

I will attempt to work on this after i get home today -

Hey bald head guy with the goatee....are u goona put the MLA module up for sale ?lol.....

[meade916]

MLA module is not for sale.....i will use it again in one of my other rides eventually - its a nice unit and i dont want to part with it.

Ok time for the real reason i am posting - this thing works great! I will add these pics to the first post also so they are all together.

A nice "resting" voltage

A few wires ran and soldered into the system - this is a VERY easy piece to hook up but it still takes a little work when you have 4 alts. No big deal!

i will eventually move it to a better spot but this is actually not bad here.....i dont see myself adjusting the voltage very often but its nice to know i can if i want too

It works great so far!

[kingsuv]

Looks sexi

Can't wait to get both mine in

[Soulman07]

Your voltage regulator becomes a pass through for this module when you use all of the terminals on the Vreg. One makes contact with the field,the other with the stator, also you have remote turn on, and of course 1 wire would connect to your battery terminal. (typically how external regulators work & the MLA module) So once the exciter kicks the alternators on and supply the initial amount of voltage to start them, your alternator kind of takes it away from there. There's an adjustment on the module that kind of tells the alternators how hard to work. So it's usually a fairly simple process when done correctly

I know very little about electrical theory when it comes to alternators or mini generators as I like to call them. Essentially an MLA is somewhat of the same with an external regulator and similar to this product as well. Most MLA's operate on set point voltages though where as you have flexibility and ease of changing your voltage with this product and most adjustable regulators.

Edit: to answer newls question... there would be no need for an MLA module at this point in the system. I'm pretty sure they would coincide together just fine. There's no purpose for it though... So it's history

Edited December 4, 2009 by Soulman07

[meade916]

drove to work this morning, it was SOLID.....no fluctiations, no battery light , a steady 15.5. This thing came in major handy because my PILE OF $h#t stinger voltage meter started malfunctioning about a month ago. In the last year, have watched at LEAST 6 of them malfunction of flat out stop working for no reason.....

so anyway its nice to have the module, even nicer to get my readout back!

Thanks to the guys at XS for letting me give the prototype a test spin! So far so good fellas!

[loganberry]

so is this actually a volt meter too? or just shows you what you have your alternators output voltage set at?

[meade916]

no bro you set the "ceiling" on it and from then on, its a voltage meter -

[loganberry]

very nice!! now they just need to hurry up and get the ones for ford ready

[clouduz]

seems promising wish they supported more cars in the first run though

[RobClay]

very nice!! now they just need to hurry up and get the ones for ford ready

x2!