A ? about stator on 1980 GS850G

[jforce11]

I have a 1980 GS850G and I wanted to put a set of small driving lights on it to give more me light I drive a lot at night. I put them on and a couple days later my battery went dead so I got a new one and a couple days later it went dead. The lights are to much of a draw for the stator to keep up with is there any way to get more charging power out of it or can it be replaced with a bigger one ? I don't know a lot about this thing so any help would be great.

[Steve]

Unless you are VERY meticulous and wind one for yourself, you won't get much more capacity for your charging system. One alternative is to get 35-watt bulbs from Electrical Connection. The 40 watts you save (for two bulbs) is another 3+ amps, and every little bit helps.

Other things that can help...do you have them on all the time? Would it help to only have them on with high-beams? Either way, it would be best to have them on a separate switch so you can turn them off when you get into town and will not be running the engine as fast.


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[Guest]

See the stator papers. http://www.thegsresources.com/gs_garage.htm

Could be as simple as cleaning the connections and grounding the R/R to your battery.
I cut all the bullet connections from the stator and R/R off my bike and soldered them together and used shrink wrap on them. It brought back an ailing charging system back to spec!

[jforce11]

Thanks

Thanks for the info guys. I will give cleaning a try and smaller bulbs. I,ll post back and let you know if it works.