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Electrical prob

Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 5:23 pm
by westspring
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.

Re: Electrical prob

Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 9:34 pm
by thunderace
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 :peace:

Re: Electrical prob

Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 11:51 pm
by westspring
Hey thunder, both were replaced with new parts. howevery im not too sure if the workmanship of the mech was good.

Re: Electrical prob

Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 6:24 am
by westspring
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?

Re: Electrical prob

Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 10:42 am
by ben2306
could your voltmeter be faulty? try using a multimeter straight @ batt to see the voltage? :rocks:

Re: Electrical prob

Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 1:47 pm
by Variablevalves suck
If your test are correct it sounds like a faulty reg/rec.

Re: Electrical prob

Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 3:22 pm
by ben2306
Variablevalves suck wrote:If your test are correct it sounds like a faulty reg/rec.
but VVS, he replaced it with a brand new 1. :peace:

Re: Electrical prob

Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 7:40 pm
by Awynn
but VVS, he replaced it with a brand new 1.
So? If only everything was always perfect from new and lasted forever!
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.