I am having a problem. I have been through the cheap TS regulators and finally got a new one from the dealer and the charging system worked right for a couple of years. It's a stock 6 v pos ground system with the original generator (2 posts, F AND A) and a 4 post regulator.
When I fired it up this year, it wouldn't charge, so I flashed it and it still wouldn't charge. I took the gen off, removed the brushes and ran some continuity checks to ground to see if any thing was shorting out. I found some troubleshooting hints on line and put it all back together and now it charges, a bit too much.
At the generator, from a to ground, when running with leads off the generator, I am reading 1.7 to 1.8 volts output (so far, so good, maybe a little low...) When I monitor the battery voltage while it all connected and running, it is charging and if I let it run, it gets up to 8 volts at the battery and shows no sign of cutting out. The voltage at the battery will go from 6.5 up to 8+ when I sit there and watch it at 2/3 throttle. When I pull the throttle back, it drops down to 6.5 or thereabouts.
It's charging real good now, enough to burn all the water out of the battery if I run it at any length of time with the light off. The only way I can keep it below 7 volts at the battery is if I am running the lights.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Scott
When I fired it up this year, it wouldn't charge, so I flashed it and it still wouldn't charge. I took the gen off, removed the brushes and ran some continuity checks to ground to see if any thing was shorting out. I found some troubleshooting hints on line and put it all back together and now it charges, a bit too much.
At the generator, from a to ground, when running with leads off the generator, I am reading 1.7 to 1.8 volts output (so far, so good, maybe a little low...) When I monitor the battery voltage while it all connected and running, it is charging and if I let it run, it gets up to 8 volts at the battery and shows no sign of cutting out. The voltage at the battery will go from 6.5 up to 8+ when I sit there and watch it at 2/3 throttle. When I pull the throttle back, it drops down to 6.5 or thereabouts.
It's charging real good now, enough to burn all the water out of the battery if I run it at any length of time with the light off. The only way I can keep it below 7 volts at the battery is if I am running the lights.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Scott