Hi
What is the max output voltage from the rectifier when revving the bike 3000 and above? If I understand it correctly it shouldn't output more than 14.5 V. Or?
BTW, is the regulator and rectifier the same unit?
My old battery was unexpectly drained, so I kickstarted the bike and went out for the planned ride. The battery didn't seemed to charge though. So I recharged it during the night. Forgot to use the meter before unmounting it. However, the day efter it showed only12 v and then quickly dropped to below 11 during a few hours, so I guessed the battery was in really bad condition and didn't bother to mount it and see how it behaved when starting and idling.
I bought a new one, charged it fully up to 13.5 v. During a few days it dropped just slightly down to 12.5. When starting the bike, it dropped to 10.5 and then went up again, so that seemed fine. When idling it read around 13.5. When revving to around 2500 it went up to 14-14.5, so that was also fine.
But when revving higher up to 4000 it jumped up to between 15 to even 17 v once. Is that really okej? I thought the max output of the rectifier is around 14 V. Otherwise higher voltage will fry the battery. Could that be what happened to my old battery?
If there is a problem, does it have to do with the regulator/rectifier or could it even have to do with the generator?
What's the next step would you say?
Thanks for any feeback
What is the max output voltage from the rectifier when revving the bike 3000 and above? If I understand it correctly it shouldn't output more than 14.5 V. Or?
BTW, is the regulator and rectifier the same unit?
My old battery was unexpectly drained, so I kickstarted the bike and went out for the planned ride. The battery didn't seemed to charge though. So I recharged it during the night. Forgot to use the meter before unmounting it. However, the day efter it showed only12 v and then quickly dropped to below 11 during a few hours, so I guessed the battery was in really bad condition and didn't bother to mount it and see how it behaved when starting and idling.
I bought a new one, charged it fully up to 13.5 v. During a few days it dropped just slightly down to 12.5. When starting the bike, it dropped to 10.5 and then went up again, so that seemed fine. When idling it read around 13.5. When revving to around 2500 it went up to 14-14.5, so that was also fine.
But when revving higher up to 4000 it jumped up to between 15 to even 17 v once. Is that really okej? I thought the max output of the rectifier is around 14 V. Otherwise higher voltage will fry the battery. Could that be what happened to my old battery?
If there is a problem, does it have to do with the regulator/rectifier or could it even have to do with the generator?
What's the next step would you say?
Thanks for any feeback
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