hmm.. blown headlite,battery dry..19.3 volts hahaha

[barnbiketom]

What clued me off thank God was it wouldn't crank fast enuf this morning. I was forced to take the stupid BLAZER to work grr..
a quick check revealed a dead battery, AND on a basic visual check revealed no water in it! About the same time, I also noticed no LOW BEAM. hmm.. a check of the charging at idle showed 14.5 volts and at 2 grand it skyrocketed to over 19 volts. The rec/reg ground wire at the plug is burned out and replacing the connector pin did nothing. same problemo. I even had redundunt grounds on it..
Looks liketime for a rect/reg!!
I found 4 or 5 in the parts bin, now time to graft one on and assess what other things blew out. Thank GOD I found it without riding more with no headlight?? and the electronic ignition is still good (for now whew)

[tkent02]

and the electronic ignition is still good (for now whew)

Bullet dodging at it's finest.

[Guest]

19 volts and you didn't melt anything
amazing

[barnbiketom]

19 volts and you didn't melt anything
amazing

hehe that remains to be seen!

[barnbiketom]

Now i'm gettin' mad

ok my stator checks out . 70 volts AC between any of the 3 wires unloaded. around 2 ohms between any of the 3 leads.. and infinite to ground even on the millions scale.

problem is:

19 volts when I rev it up .
I have tried 5 ( READ IT FIVE) rectifier / regulators. ok i know one might be bad. but am i missing something?They are from parts bikes, junk bikes etc .bikes with blown up motors etc. All 3 phase rect/regs with 3 inputs, one ground wire and another to battery POSITIVE. nuttin can be simpler right?

NOT!!!
I have done voltage drop tests on both positive and negative sides to the battery and the regulator. .result= less than 1/4 volt.
am i going crazy here or what??? the battery was dry. I refilled it with BATTERY ACID and it will crank the bike till the cows come home.... I have run 10 gage jumper wires to the battery from the rect reg .
it is charging 19 VOLTS.
duuaoooooohhhh
i would love some input hahah

[Guest]

What R/Rs have you tried? Have you tried a newer one.
Search Posplayr's posts and read some of his work.

[Steve]

I have a box with about 6 or 7 regulators at home, too.

None of them work, either.


Just because you have a bunch of them doesn't mean that any of them work.

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[barnbiketom]

WELL my "box" of rectifier/regulators JUST WENT INTO THE TRASH!!!

I tried one more from another GS450L that I had 'rescued" and it had a NEW one!!
GUESS WHAT??





14.6 volts at 4 grand..

What a waste of a day.
I was off today.
I work Saturdays and Sundays
I work Tomorrow
I will be riding my bike to work.
that is all that matters.


ooh yeah, and the headlight from a 82 GS450L does not fit a 83 GS450L.
I'll be running on hi beam all the way lol.

looking at an aftermarket Halogen or maybe a HID kit??

[barnbiketom]

threw out all the dayum things lol

Rode it to work, after I got there I checked the rect / reg and it was only slightly warm and charging volts were 14.5 @4 grand!!! DAYUM!!
Tonite I happened to find a nice H4 Headlight housing that "almost" fit my rim. I had to only re-drill the horizontal adjuster screw location.
Now I have LIGHTS.. if it would happen to drain the bat ( 35W/55W) then at least I can opt out for the lower wattage one . I think they are available at 25W/50W or something less..
boy it is nice being able to see at nite!!!