Hiii,Is it 17 volt when connected to a battery?
Under load the output of a standard 12 volt automotive charger should be in the 11 to 14 volt range. Do you have it hooked up to something when reading voltage?
Information man. You should supply more info.
,Hi,
Can you tell what type and size of the battery you want to charge.
But i can say after you added a bridge rectifier and a filter capacitor ,now how much the voltage level.
From this we can suggest a regulator IC like 7812 Regulator ok