Battery Light On, No Dashboard Power

[maddocsreign]

Driving home today, the battery light came on.
No biggie I figured, it's been cranking slow lately anyway.
Was passing Supercheap so new battery in.
Battery light still on, no dash gauges or lights.
The engines running, air-con, lights, cigarette lighter.
Just no power to the dash,
Drove home, checked the alternator with a multimeter.
13.8 up to 16. Yeah that ain't right.
So maybe the voltage regulator has **** itself ?

Anyone else had this problem?
Thanks

 

[accentstencil]

16 volts is too much, so a new regulator would be the the go. I'm not sure whether to dash problem would be a separate issue. You'll find out when you change the voltage regulator. The instrument cluster will do some strange things when getting too much charge.

 

[lout]

as accent said, cluster will shut down with too much voltage
until something burns out
replace regulator asap

 

[maddocsreign]

As luck would have it
old mate is wrecking a VT SII on the facebook for $50
The wiring plugs between an L36 and L67 are different
So simply swapped the regulators over
Problem solved
Cheers All