Mnethercutt
Member
I've been trying to get my 1010 to charge for a while now, and today I finally got it to charge. Turns out the VR wasn't well grounded. However, the place where it mounts is all rusty and covere din paint, and while I sanded it down a lot, I still couldn't get a good connection. So I ran a wire from the base of the VR to the bolt that the battery grounds to. IT worked great, but I'm concerned that I'm overloading the battery. At 1200 RPM it got up to 14.6 volts across the battery. Is it ok for me to run that wire from the VR base to the battery's ground bolt (it's touching the ground strap for the battery)? Thanks.