Another Regulator/Rectifier for the books

[curt101]

Well...... I did it! I bought another brand new R/R for my GS1000. The second in 4 months. Now I am into this charging system for $240.00 smackers. I guess not to bad compared to what some other people on this site have told me. But none the less $240.00. The only thing I have done different this time is run the ground from the R/R directly to the battery. Originally I grounded the R/R to itself where it is mounted. The guy I bought it from told me that a bad ground is the most common way for an R/R to go bad.... even if it is fairly new. Does anybody here agree with this statement? Anyways it seems to be charing fine now.

Thought I would just throw this out to anybody who cares.

Curt

[Dunkin]

I don't know if it makes makes a difference to ground the r/r to the battery ground but I did the same thing with my new r/r. My thinking was that at least now I know for sure that the thing is grounded properly whereas before I thought that if the ground to the r/r mounts were suspect it might be a problem. So it at least removes one possible source of ground issues. Having said that, the factory manual shows the r/r gound wire connected to the bottom of the r/r for my gs650g. Who knows? Mine works fine now.

[DanTheMan]

Ya done good! Absolutely ground it to the battery negative terminal. Any other suspect ground problems do the same, and things get much better. Ask me how I know?:-D

[argonsagas]

Yes, it IS the right thing to do.

At least part of the reason is that the threads where the unit mounts get rusty over time. That means both increased resistance and a poor ground, which translates into a lost R/R and, too often, a lost stator as well.


It is much better to take the extra step, and avoid known problems.

[jm_foote]

I also agree. Direct ground. Don't forget dielectric grease!