Static ohm test results

[jona]

Using an analog meter and the Haynes manual for a guide my
"Rick's" R/R is fried. Ohm, original, stator leads to the R/R are; W/Bl to W/R=7.7, W/Bl to Y=7.8 and W/R to Y=7.7. I foresee a compu-fire R/R and Rick's stator purchase coming up.

[posplayr]

Using an analog meter and the Haynes manual for a guide my
"Rick's" R/R is fried. Ohm, original, stator leads to the R/R are; W/Bl to W/R=7.7, W/Bl to Y=7.8 and W/R to Y=7.7. I foresee a compu-fire R/R and Rick's stator purchase coming up.

I would double check those results. There are too consistent for being so way off.

Do the Revised Phase B stator tests? You don't need the dummy load, just do the two sets of tests on the stator.
A.) phase to phase
B.) phase to ground
at 5000 rpm

A revised test is at this link; The actual test is on Page 6 of 9. We added the leg to ground AC voltage test as this helps isolate insulation breakdowns to ground using the relatively high 60-80 VAC stator voltage when it is open loop.

Link to Revised PHASE B of Stator Pages with discussion of testing methods:
http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/3977...4-pm-649k?da=y

Did you do a quick test to start? (for a sanity check)

[jona]

Bike not running. Red wire connection between R/R and stator lead melted.

[posplayr]

Bike not running. Red wire connection between R/R and stator lead melted.

Not sure what wire that is. The Main RED(+) should not be connected to any of the stator wires.

If you are talking about White with red tracer (W/R) then you should at least rewire according to GS Charging Health and see if it is really gone. The Compufire is good but you may not have a burned stator yet. Of course it is safer to change them out if you have the cash.

[jona]

My stator is not wired directly to the R/R. It is original thru the harness. PS Thanks for all your guides posplayr

[posplayr]

My stator is not wired directly to the R/R. It is original thru the harness.

Why is it still wired that way? Like to live on the wild side?

[jona]

Sorry getting back to you so slowly. Reading your "GS charging health", now I'm printing it. When I get my new stator and R/R I will wire it directly. What do you do with the old wires? Just snip them off?

[posplayr]

Sorry getting back to you so slowly. Reading your "GS charging health", now I'm printing it. When I get my new stator and R/R I will wire it directly. What do you do with the old wires? Just snip them off?

The old wires run to the headlamp bucket where they are looped back. I snipped the wire and now have two spare wires in my harness to run from front to back.

I used one of them as part of a coil relay mod to get the kill switch O/W signal to a ignition relay near the battery.

Just tape/heat shrink them back. That shows in the first picture. Actually just looked and it is hard to tell because the whole wire color is covered. There are three which I don't know why at the moment.

[jona]

Thanks posplayr. I'm going to order compu-fire R/R and Rick's stator tomorrow.