Voltage Regulators with Higher Voltage than Stock

[Helge]

On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 08:33:16 -0400, Grant Lenahan wrote:

>you can also get a variable voltage regulator in a T0-220 case and set it to your own desired voltage.

No, you can't. The voltage regulator in an alternator is not a plain
voltage regulator. It regulates output voltage by adjusting the
current flowing through the rotor windings. As a result, there is
almost no power dissipation in the regulator, so it can handle output
currents at several tens of amps.

A TO-220 based voltage regulator would cook in an instant.
-- 
Helge