Hi, Im looking for a little help here with my '04 Avenger. I have read many posts about the charging system and I have tried many of the solutions offered. Here is the situation. I have 11.8 Volts on the battery terminals. This does not change with increasing RPMs. I have tested the voltage regulator and it reads 1.5 AC volts at idle and will increase to 5 AC volts with higher RPMs, I tested the voltage regulator output and it reads 11.8 DC volts (same as the battery terminals) this output does not change with increasing RPMs. So my main questions are:
1) is 5 AC volts coming from the stator enough to produce enough DC voltage to charge the battery? I have read that normal voltage output from the stator should be around 23 AC volts.
2) Is my voltage regulator malfunctioning because the output is not increasing even though the incoming AV volts are increasing?
3) could it be a combination of both? I had the stator and flywheel magnets replaced in 2010. Probably 250 hours ago

Any guidance with this would be massively appreciated!!