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- From: tgrupe@watnxt11.ucr.edu (Todd E. Grupe)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
- Subject: Re: Electrical problem solved!
- Message-ID: <23976@galaxy.ucr.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 21:26:29 GMT
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- In article <1doe87INN290@rodan.UU.NET> smm@uunet.uu.net (Steve Mansfield)
- writes:
- > Anyway, I finally got my grubby little mits on a multimeter, and checked
- > the voltage to the battery from the charging system, which was low. I
- > should have been seeing around 12-12.5 V. I was seeing 10. I then
- > unplugged the alternator wires from the reg/rec, and turned things on
- > again. As soon as I did this, it happily revved up to as high as I
- > wanted to go without any problem (or blown fuses). I checked the output
- from
- > the alternator, and it was fine - 75 V AC. According to my manual on
- things,
- > this means my reg/rec is hosed and to replace it. One of the people who
- > replied to my first posting sent me info on how if I'm getting low
- voltage, I
- > might get high current through the fuse, , which appears to be what is
-
- Keep in mind that the bike should be up to running temperature
- before you check the alternator output. I don't know if it's still true
- on the newer bikes, but on older ones the alternator output gets up to 75
- V or so only after a few minutes of running; on a cold start it can put
- out even less than 12 VAC for the first minute or so.
-
- TG DoD#4043 Lost in Southern California Hell
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