Electrical prob
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Electrical prob
Hi guys,
My bike seems to have some prob with charging. normally when the RPM of a bike goes higher the charging of the batt also increases am i right. too average 13 Volts. But my bike does the opposite. When its idle the charging is at 13 volts. and when the RPM goes higher (when i rev) the voltage just keep decreasing. from 13 Volts drops to 12 then to 11. till it evens out at about 10.5 Volts when it is at 11k RPM. what might be wrong with my bike? i recently changed my static generator and my regulator/ rectifer as well.
My bike seems to have some prob with charging. normally when the RPM of a bike goes higher the charging of the batt also increases am i right. too average 13 Volts. But my bike does the opposite. When its idle the charging is at 13 volts. and when the RPM goes higher (when i rev) the voltage just keep decreasing. from 13 Volts drops to 12 then to 11. till it evens out at about 10.5 Volts when it is at 11k RPM. what might be wrong with my bike? i recently changed my static generator and my regulator/ rectifer as well.
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Re: Electrical prob
Did you replace the generator & reg/rec with new or used items?
It sounds as though the generator isn't even kicking out anything at all.
If you search the workshop boards, there's a guide to checking it all out somewhere
It sounds as though the generator isn't even kicking out anything at all.
If you search the workshop boards, there's a guide to checking it all out somewhere

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Re: Electrical prob
Hey thunder, both were replaced with new parts. howevery im not too sure if the workmanship of the mech was good.
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Re: Electrical prob
It seems to me after checking out the forum that people face Overcharging and not undercharging in my case. anyone has any ideas what is wrong?
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Re: Electrical prob
could your voltmeter be faulty? try using a multimeter straight @ batt to see the voltage? 

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Re: Electrical prob
If your test are correct it sounds like a faulty reg/rec.
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Re: Electrical prob
but VVS, he replaced it with a brand new 1.Variablevalves suck wrote:If your test are correct it sounds like a faulty reg/rec.

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Re: Electrical prob
So? If only everything was always perfect from new and lasted forever!but VVS, he replaced it with a brand new 1.
The charging system only has 2 componant parts so it has to be one of them or the wiring between, if the wiring/plugs are intact then new parts or not something has to have failed.