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Ac Generator wiring

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Hi ive been lurking around the forum for some time picking up info and ideas for my gs 1100 build, and this site has saved me some headaches. Upon rewiring my bike, I realized that my wiring to the ac generator was not marked or labeled. I know the three wires coming from the generator are yellow, but the wires to connect to them are yellow, white/blue and green/white going to the recitifier. My question is does it matter how i hook the three yellow wires into the other three? Thxs in advance
 
gsx1100 said:
Hi ive been lurking around the forum for some time picking up info and ideas for my gs 1100 build, and this site has saved me some headaches. Upon rewiring my bike, I realized that my wiring to the ac generator was not marked or labeled. I know the three wires coming from the generator are yellow, but the wires to connect to them are yellow, white/blue and green/white going to the recitifier. My question is does it matter how i hook the three yellow wires into the other three? Thxs in advance
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No it does not matter which of the wires goes where, but I would suggest that you find the three input wires to the r/r and connect the stator wires directly to them. Some bikes had a wire that went from one of the stator leads up toward the steering stem, then came back down before connecting to the r/r. That was for a feature that is no longer included, so if you can wire directly from stator to r/r, you will have better connections.

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thx so essentially there putting out the same juice when the bike is running. I just did not want to fry my rectifier or generator by hooking up the wires wrong.
 
Short answer is you can't hook it up wrong. All three should be yellow but have different colors for some reason. Here is a helpful diagram. It is for the Honda RR conversion but should answer your question
HondaRRconnections-1.jpg
 
duaneage said:
All three should be yellow but have different colors for some reason.
HondaRRconnections-1.jpg
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and the reason is, Suzuki electrical engineers back in the day thought it would be funny to use different colors because they knew it would confuse people.
they didn't realize the joke would last so long.
 
There was switch on the handlebars that cut out one leg of the stator, the different color wires were to facilitate wiring that switch in. But it was a little dumb for sure. Aftermarket stators sometimes have three solid yellows.
 
duaneage

duaneage

duaneage said:
Short answer is you can't hook it up wrong. All three should be yellow but have different colors for some reason. Here is a helpful diagram. It is for the Honda RR conversion but should answer your question
HondaRRconnections-1.jpg
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A couple of questions:

a.) Where does the "Ground tab Green Wire' go?

b.) You don't show/use a ground strap between the R/R (-) and the Battery (-) ?

Pos
 
The Honda RR has a green ground wire. I did say this diagram was for the Honda RR install.

When you installed one of my kits how did you ground the RR?

Grounds should be as short as possible to the frame. If he has a OEM RR it may be a good idea to connect the black wire with a white stripe to a frame bolt. The frame and resulting 8 gauge wire going to the battery seems to be good enough to introduce the battery and RR to each other.

He asked about the three stator wires, I think we answered his question about it.
 
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duaneage said:
The Honda RR has a green ground wire. I did say this diagram was for the Honda RR install.

When you installed one of my kits how did you ground the RR?

Grounds should be as short as possible to the frame. If he has a OEM RR it may be a good idea to connect the black wire with a white stripe to a frame bolt. The frame and resulting 8 gauge wire going to the battery seems to be good enough to introduce the battery and RR to each other.

He asked about the three stator wires, I think we answered his question about it.
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So your schematic doesn't show a ground strap from R/R (-) to Battery (-) but U recommend that apparently.

Pos
 
I understand

I understand

according to duaneage:

Frame = Engine = Ground = negative post of the battery

Anything else?

How about Earth?
 
Earth: nice place to visit, not sure I want to live there. Oh, you mean what the British call a GROUND!
 
jknappsax said:
Earth: nice place to visit, not sure I want to live there. Oh, you mean what the British call a GROUND!
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Careful Jim, you might incur his rath.

How ya been? We should go for a ride. Maro lives near you and is coming down my house Friday. You should come with him and we can play with the bikes in my garage.
 
posplayr said:
So your schematic doesn't show a ground strap from R/R (-) to Battery (-) but U recommend that apparently.

Pos
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duaneage said:
Yeah, it's called the frame.
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Hey, you guys have this discussion going on in another thread already. I can't keep up with two electronics threads. ;)

You both want what's best for our GS bikes, right? Then we're cool.

I don't think it was Mr. duaneage who advocated a direct r/r to battery negative connection. I first heard it from another forum member, who shall remain nameless for his own protection. :D

When I got my bike it had its r/r grounded to a fairly corroded spot on the battery box. Not ideal at all. I'm sure a true, solid frame ground is much better, although I've had no issues with the (-)battery connection either. I do plan to move it around a bit and take my own measurements.

Thank you Jim and Duane for your passion for our motorcycles.

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
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