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Hey I appreciate your offering to help me. Im gonna try and do the separate regulator/rectifier mod like you have recommend using the automotive regulator. Can you help me with understanding how I would wire it all up to my engine? I've read the links you sent me and it's written in a format...
I'm looking for the connector that plugs into the regulator rectifier on a 1980 and up XS650. I just need the female connector and as much wire that's available because I will be splicing it into other wires. Thanks
5twins I'm sure you have better things to do today than try to help me understand solid state type A regulator/rectifiers but I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the understanding of it. Most normal folks would accept the fact that A it works or B it doesn't but I have alot of spare...
I agree with you about the excessive voltage output and the Type B separate regulator and rectifier you've suggested. I also understand more now how the regulator regulates the output voltage of the stator. Thanks for that. Just for the sake of curiosity I've ordered a new Type A S/S...
Ok I'll start by saying my battery is a known good one. I've installed a toggle switch to control the power to the inner brush just in case it does start to over charge.
In a charging system like mine where both brushes are capable of carrying current how does the regulator regulate the...
Rustie there isn't much to brag about really.
I'm a disabled veteran
Single parent
I've got this old Yamaha
61 Triumph 650 Bonneville
66:BSA A65
99 1200S Sportster
A slew of old projects and 2 school buses full of parts
Thanks for asking
Yes sir I have but I'm not dedicated to it particularly, I could swap it back to the original type. Jim I'll add I dont have a factory wiring harness. Its a one I've made myself
Jim my first R/R unit was off an old XJ650 (type A) I had. It apparently was bad because it's output voltage read 17v plus..
I had this R/R unit of a 1980 model XS650 also so I changed to it and it put out a better (lower) voltage. It seems to level out at around 15.5v max but at a normal idle...
I'm concerned about the 15v output charge of the unit. So much that I've installed a toggle switch to allow me to activate/deactivate the charging system as a whole. It's a point and condenser ignition system with led lighting. Thanks
Hello can anyone help me to understand how the alternator modification I've mentioned in the thread title works. I have a basic understanding of how the brushes magnetize the rotor but I'm wondering how the regulator portion of the solid state unit works to control it's voltage output. My...