Bad Stator - confirm?

[posplayr]

Did the Quick Test.....

Key off - 11.95
Key on - 11.34
Idle - 11.60
2,500 - 12.03
5,000 - 12.19
Key off - 11.82

I did the leg to leg (0.8-1.0) and to ground (0) - all readings good. I'll put the battery on charge tonight and do the quick test again tomorrow.

I blew the fuse in my multimeter. I don't know when because it still works when the fuse is blown - just gives weird readings. What's that all about?

You do need to recharge the battery but it doesn't seem as it it is charging much at all.

If you are getting 0 ohms to ground on the stator test then you have a short and the stator is no good.

[allojohn]

A multimeter fuse "normally" blows if you put it in current mode and tried to measure a current over its capacity, usually around 10A or so.

I'm not sure when it blew so I will redo the resistance tests tomorrow. Actually I'm not even sure it did blow but when I replaced it the meter started working properly again.

A multimeter fuse "normally" blows if you put it in current mode and tried to measure a current over its capacity, usually around 10A or so.

[allojohn]

Charge the battery first of get a new one.

It is a new battery (6 months) - not good eh?

[chef1366]

Charge the battery first of get a new one.

[allojohn]

Did the Quick Test.....

Key off - 11.95
Key on - 11.34
Idle - 11.60
2,500 - 12.03
5,000 - 12.19
Key off - 11.82

I did the leg to leg (0.8-1.0) and to ground (0) - all readings good. I'll put the battery on charge tonight and do the quick test again tomorrow.

I blew the fuse in my multimeter. I don't know when because it still works when the fuse is blown - just gives weird readings. What's that all about?

[posplayr]

I've had this machine back on the road for about 6 weeks and I'm still d!cking around getting it how I want it. With the known electrical issues we have I replaced the R/R during the rebuild and cleaned up the connectors added a fuse box, along with relay mods for the Dyna coils, ignition and horn.

I decided to put a volt meter on the dash and wired it up though the headlamp bucket. Fired her up to admire my efforts and what do I get but orange & red lights! WTF.

OK I've done something wrong. But then I measured the voltage at the battery. 12.1 not running, 12.5 running and 13 ish at 2,500 rpm and not much better at 5,000 rpm.

Bad stator, right?
Checked the resistance between the legs and got 0.8-1.0 ohms on each. I then check each leg to ground and got 0.0. So on to the final test with her indoors holding the throttle at 4,000 rpm, moaning about the noise and the smell, the voltmeter says 1.5 volts AC between each leg.

Bearing in mind electrickery is black magic to me, I think I have a bad stator but would like confirmation.

sounds like the battery is pretty far down it it is only 12.1V off. What it in when you turn on the key? (step two of the quick test) That will affect how much you can charge. If you did the Quick Test I could tell more but it seems you battery is pretty far down to do a charging system test.

You system is obviously charging some (12.1V==>13.0+V) so I would suspect there is a problem with your measurement of 1.5VAC between legs running.

Did you do an open loop test? A.) leg to leg and B.) leg to ground? Perhaps your meter will like those measurements better.

[allojohn]

I've had this machine back on the road for about 6 weeks and I'm still d!cking around getting it how I want it. With the known electrical issues we have I replaced the R/R during the rebuild and cleaned up the connectors added a fuse box, along with relay mods for the Dyna coils, ignition and horn.

I decided to put a volt meter on the dash and wired it up though the headlamp bucket. Fired her up to admire my efforts and what do I get but orange & red lights! WTF. OK I've done something wrong. But then I measured the voltage at the battery. 12.1 not running, 12.5 running and 13 ish at 2,500 rpm and not much better at 5,000 rpm.

Bad stator, right?
Checked the resistance between the legs and got 0.8-1.0 ohms on each. I then check each leg to ground and got 0.0. So on to the final test with her indoors holding the throttle at 4,000 rpm, moaning about the noise and the smell, the voltmeter says 1.5 volts AC between each leg.

Bearing in mind electrickery is black magic to me, I think I have a bad stator but would like confirmation.