Hey guys,
Got an 82' heritage special. Had a really bad battery, so I replaced it today. The bike charges the battery over 14.5V until I let on it and rev over 6 grand. I can tell when the voltage drops while riding if I burst onto the highway quick because the turn signals stop working until I sit at lower RPM's for a while.
I've seen the opposite where low revs won't charge, but I've never seen it this way.
Anyone experience this before? I've had a bad reg/rect, that would push high voltage at higher RPM's due to a bad ground, but I rode the bike 85 miles today with a brand new battery, and halfway through it was sitting at 11.99V turned off and 14.5V running and revved to 3 grand. At the end of the ride I layed into the throttle, lost turn signals, and the battery was sitting at 10.5V when off, and 11.5V running for about 2 minutes then it jumped over 12 while idling.
Any ideas?
Got an 82' heritage special. Had a really bad battery, so I replaced it today. The bike charges the battery over 14.5V until I let on it and rev over 6 grand. I can tell when the voltage drops while riding if I burst onto the highway quick because the turn signals stop working until I sit at lower RPM's for a while.
I've seen the opposite where low revs won't charge, but I've never seen it this way.
Anyone experience this before? I've had a bad reg/rect, that would push high voltage at higher RPM's due to a bad ground, but I rode the bike 85 miles today with a brand new battery, and halfway through it was sitting at 11.99V turned off and 14.5V running and revved to 3 grand. At the end of the ride I layed into the throttle, lost turn signals, and the battery was sitting at 10.5V when off, and 11.5V running for about 2 minutes then it jumped over 12 while idling.
Any ideas?