Stator testing and RR testing

[danf]

I have a issue with my charging system, My RR is the problem I think, first you must know electrical isn't a strong point with me..Hell nothing is ha ha... I followed the test procedure in my cylmer book, it says to unplug the RR place a ohm meter neg. lead on the green plugin in the plastic plug and the other pos. to each yellow wire, I get like 3.000 ohms all the same, then it says to reverse the leads I did and nothing..the book says over 6.000 ohms..what's happening is I'm going over 15 volts by .23 or it reads 15.23 which is too high I think.. I also did the red to yellow and when I reversed the leads nothing.. What's up ??? Now I tested my three yellow wires as follows, I unpluged it at the RR and placed the neg. ohm meter lead on ground and placed the pos. on each of the yellow wires, it shows no movement in the antalog ohmeter the needle didn't move,,, this is good right...??? Does this mean my stator has no open curcuit? And is not grounding out..? Help me..... :shock:

 

[slabghost]

the tests you've done seem to indicate good. Did you put the leads together and zero the meter before you tested? Checking between any two yellow wires should read close to 1 ohm.

 

[slabghost]

BTW running a little high on the voltage output may indicate a weak battery. Have you had it tested?

 

[danf]

brand new battery, I'm supposed to test the yellow wires to each other and get 1 ohm at eh plug right because I soldered the bad plug wires some time ago, I'll go do that and I'll be right back ...ok ........It goe's to zero and I checked the ohm meter to confirm it was at zero ohm's before I started...I touch the yellow connectors at the plug two of them and then the other one and the needle goes to zero on any combo...of yellow wires :shock: I check the battery all the time with the volt meter it's never been low or below 12.volts...since i got it..

 

[slabghost]

1 ohm is hard to read on an old analog meter. I think WalMart has some decent digital meters at less than $20.

 

[dan filipi]

Sounds like your stator is fine.
How are you checking the running voltage?
Is sounds like the meter your using has a needle, those are good for only an approximate voltage usually, especially if it's ever been dropped.

 

[danf]

I have a voltmeter ohm combo and it's digital from walmart.., wait there I'll go try it..ha ha..ok I'm back Vince, joe anybody hellllpppp... I hate using stuff I don't understand, the ohm meter I set it to 20k is that right, and it goes to 000 when touching yellow wires together...I could never get it to read anything before that's why I went to the antalog needle type and least it gives a reading...Or am I setting it on the wrong ohm setting...

 

[danf]

Dan I have a volt meter that I'm using to check the running volts I set it at DCV 20 and checked it and the volts are high at 3k on the throttle, everywhere I have read, it says 6000 ohms or better, before I go and buy a new RR I want to make sure my stator is in good order, I would think that ground to yellow wires is the test to be most concerned about...

 

[dan filipi]

If you have no continuity to ground on any of the yellows, and since it IS producing plenty of voltage and current otherwise the problem has to be the regulator but check all your grounds. A loose one can cause high voltage.

 

[mcgovern61]

Beav, I had the same issue with what seemed like high output (15.3 VDC) and found that my battery was not good, my connections were poor. I changed to a AGM battery, cleaned up the connections and found the big connector at the RR was not making contact with all pins.

 

[danf]

I am just buying a new RR and i shaw see if it cures this issue..I'm sure it will...All connection from the ground frame to every point has been checked, even with it running all sights ore on the RR..besides the ohm's are only 2000 ohm's and it's supposed to be much higher like 6000...thanks I'm not ruling out the battery but it's new and the volts have never been below 12.95volts...Oh Mac. it is a AGM battery I got at batteries plus..

 

[danf]

If you have no continuity to ground on any of the yellows, and since it IS producing plenty of voltage and current otherwise the problem has to be the regulator but check all your grounds. A loose one can cause high voltage.

Thanks Dan, I have checked and double check all grounds, main ground, I preach about how important the main ground is all the time so I removed the main ground cable from the frame, and the bracket, all is good. The the two green wires from the plug at the rectifier, one goes to the frame right behind where the coil is and the other goes into the fuse box I checked both. the ground look clean. at the frame the other in the fuse box... Well nothing would work if it wasn't grounding...So I think the grounds are covered...there's one more and that's the green and red wire that goes to the cut of switch and it's grounding fine..If it wasn't the switch wouldn't work and it works fine...It has to be the RR.... :shock: I always make my connections shine..I would bet a diode is bad in it..

 

[slabghost]

It does sound like you are right. Reg/rec is likely the fix.

 

[danf]

Oh, it's a multimeter not a volt meter, freakin the has like 5 ohm settings on it and I was lost on which one to use, 20m,200k,20k,2000,200 I put it on 200 to get a reading on the yellows together, and I had to put it over on 20m to get a readout on the RR...Now you know why I was so confused...

 

[joedrum]

nothing wrong with being pleasently confused beav it happens to the best of us :hihihi: :mrgreen: