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I have Pamco ignition system with the EAdvance installed on my '81 heritage special with the stock solid state regulator/rectifier and im having a bit of trouble with my charging system.
I followed Curly's charging system troubleshooting guide that is reposted all over the place and got to point 3 and shorted out the green wire to the regulator rectifier and got these results.
Curly's charging system troubleshooting guide step 3:
"On the solid state regulator models all you need to do is locate the green wire at the regulator plug and make a jump from it to ground. That bypasses the regulator and allows full battery current to flow through the brushes out of the rotor through the green wire to ground. That causes the rotor to make a stronger magnetic field which in turn causes more current to flow in the stator. If your battery terminal charge voltage jumps up to 14.5VDC when you rev the engine then the regulator or the ground connection for the regulator is your problem."
Measured across battery terminals:
Key-off - 12.3v
Key-on - 11.8v
Idle - 12.4v
3k RPM - 12.8v
3k Green wire on regulator jumped to ground - started off at 13.5v and built up to 16.5v so I killed it
I don't think its the ground to the regulator. Any way of checking the functionality of the regulator before replacing it. If i need to replace it, any advice on what to replace it with? Im considering swapping over to a permanent magnet system. Might have cooked the regulator as it did not have good airflow where it was mounted.
I think that it might be related but my blinker is also behaving strangely and it might provide relevant information:
- Bike off with a fully charged battery blinker works fine
- Beginning of a ride with a fully charged battery blinker works fine
- After a bit of riding, I might get one or a few blinks and then the flashing unit no longer triggers
- At high RPM I might get a few solid blinks but as a slow the RPM the blinker will go but then if a pull in the clutch the blinking will come back
- After a bit more riding, the blinker does not function at all
- Even if the flashing unit is not operating, pressing the blinker cancelation bottom will cause a single "click" of the flasher unit
I followed Curly's charging system troubleshooting guide that is reposted all over the place and got to point 3 and shorted out the green wire to the regulator rectifier and got these results.
Curly's charging system troubleshooting guide step 3:
"On the solid state regulator models all you need to do is locate the green wire at the regulator plug and make a jump from it to ground. That bypasses the regulator and allows full battery current to flow through the brushes out of the rotor through the green wire to ground. That causes the rotor to make a stronger magnetic field which in turn causes more current to flow in the stator. If your battery terminal charge voltage jumps up to 14.5VDC when you rev the engine then the regulator or the ground connection for the regulator is your problem."
Measured across battery terminals:
Key-off - 12.3v
Key-on - 11.8v
Idle - 12.4v
3k RPM - 12.8v
3k Green wire on regulator jumped to ground - started off at 13.5v and built up to 16.5v so I killed it
I don't think its the ground to the regulator. Any way of checking the functionality of the regulator before replacing it. If i need to replace it, any advice on what to replace it with? Im considering swapping over to a permanent magnet system. Might have cooked the regulator as it did not have good airflow where it was mounted.
I think that it might be related but my blinker is also behaving strangely and it might provide relevant information:
- Bike off with a fully charged battery blinker works fine
- Beginning of a ride with a fully charged battery blinker works fine
- After a bit of riding, I might get one or a few blinks and then the flashing unit no longer triggers
- At high RPM I might get a few solid blinks but as a slow the RPM the blinker will go but then if a pull in the clutch the blinking will come back
- After a bit more riding, the blinker does not function at all
- Even if the flashing unit is not operating, pressing the blinker cancelation bottom will cause a single "click" of the flasher unit