1: Alldata says the Alternator should put out 14.2 - 14.8 Volts - I'm assuming that's at idle (or maybe 1500 rpm?).
2: Is 13.2 is correct at idle - isn't that about what the battery should show with engine off?
3: I always thought the voltage regulator's purpose to prevent overcharging, not regulating the volts themselves, not true?
4: I think I understand generators, and always assumed alternators were somehow the same excepting the need to rectify the current. I thought increasing the engine speed would produce more current, but not much voltage change - thinking somehow this was a basic physical property.
5: Anybody brave enough to take me through alternator 101, please PM me.
