TimeMachine
SeventyEighte
Ta da ta da... Charge !!
Whoever told you the last statement is wrong. Once you have a proper ground return wire from a device, adding a second ground wire from the chassis will not electrically change anything.On my combo reg-rectifier unit - in addition to the black ground wire in the units wiring harness, I actually drilled a hole in one of the cooling fins and used a self-tapping screw to secure a ground wire to it and to a big bolt nearby on the frame.
I was told by someone that the harness ground was not sufficient
and that a separate ground from the chassis of the device to the frame of the bike was also needed.
Pete
Oh yes, I do recall reading those. A couple of bad things there. He did put the rectifier in an enclosed box, and sounds like his heat sink was just a copper sheet or thin plate. Thin sheets or plates, such as 1/16 " or less should not be used. Much better to have a plate that is 1/8" thick. Then again, maybe he did receive defective rectifiers from China.*whew*, finally found it, RG.
About halfway in.
http://www.xs650.com/threads/first-fire-up-and-strange-noise-developed.45219/
And here:
http://www.xs650.com/threads/over-charging.45875/
Going out on a limb here, I wonder if this rectifier's construction has each of its 3 diodes built on a common die, one for the pos, one for the neg. With a process flaw, all 3 diodes on a die would likely fail.
Process flaw? Please elaborate.
I was reminded that the dropping max charge voltage might not be a problem. Maybe all is well, I think I need to go for a ride. A good long one, but in a local, circuitous route.I've found the charging output will drop off some after the battery has replenished itself. Test the charge output right after electric starting. You might find it back up at that 14.2 output. What I'm saying is, maybe you don't have a problem at all.
Too much garage testing, and taking voltage readings every 5 minutes does not provide any real information. Get out of the garage and ride the bike out on the open road. You're focusing too closely on battery readings that will wander around and really mean very little. It just becomes an academic exercise. Too much testing is not what these bikes are meant to do. Every time you start the bike be sure to go for a ride and put on some miles. You need to get away from using a bench charger. As long as you ride 20 or 30 miles, your battery should be fully charged and ready for the next ride.Thank you RG, but I'm not quite sure what in my recent posts of findings you are responding to.
Pete, I'm on it.