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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rednaxs60" data-source="post: 171337" data-attributes="member: 4617">I found information regarding the sense wire for the RR on the GWDocs forum.  As you mention  and I agree with, the sense wire also supplies power to a host other items and the voltage getting to the RR through this wire could be significantly less than what is actual at the battery.  This in essence could cause an overcharging of the battery if the difference is great enough because if the RR senses a low voltage at the battery even if it is not the RR will allow the appropriate current/voltage to flow to top up the battery to the "perceived" level.  If there is a 1 to 2 VDC drop through the wiring/connectors at the RR, this should be constant as the battery is charged and the end charge will be 1 to 2 VDC higher than necessary.This also applies to the coils as well.  The wire from the kill switch providing 12VDC power to the coils also provides power to other items and the voltage getting to the coils can be less than 12 VDC resulting in a weaker spark.  I put in a relay that is switched on with the wire from the kill switch so that the bike shuts down when the switch is used.  The 12 VDC power comes from a fuse block and each wire (one to the coils and one to the RR) is fused and is a truer 12 VDC reading than through the existing and old wiring and connectors.  My theory is that I have better spark from the coils, and the RR and charging circuit is operating as it is supposed to.I read a post where a fellow took the old stator-RR wiring connector to a friends lab after he removed it from his bike and soldered the respective wires.  The lab results indicated that the conducting ability of the connectors had degraded some 50% from original over the 30 some years the connector had been installed.  It was an interesting post.Cheers</blockquote>

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