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Another charging system thread 82 gs850gl

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So after a night of being on the tender i rechecked the charging and it seems to be working. Sits a little low at idle 12.5 ish but increases to 14.5 where it should. Can i leave my regulator hooked up straight to the battery or is it gonna draw? I imagine it runs through the switch for a reason. Id rather leave this simplified wiring because chasing a bad connection or wire theough the loom sounds like it could be a headache and also if there was an issue later it would be more easily troubleshooted .
 
811A4209-5D86-486E-A9AD-763BD61E62BD.jpg This is my wiring for testing. Can i run it like this or does it have to run theough the switch
 
If your regulator output runs through a switch, it's because somebody has cobbled it together that way.

In the stock wiring, the output of the regulator connects to the main harness between the MAIN fuse and the ignition switch. The battery is on the other side of the MAIN fuse, so the output of the R/R is essentially always connected directly to the battery.

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i mentioned the ig switch because thats what i saw on the wiring diagram. so your saying it is fine to run it this way
 
What diagram are you looking at that shows the regulator "output" connected to the "ignition switch" ie: the key switch...?

and, I can't see much from your picture. Make it bigger and better...

Simply, on a regulator that has 4 wires coming out of it, it's as Steve says. ... The + "output" from the regulator goes to the battery ...It should make no difference to charging voltage if it's attached directly to the battery or to the main RED wire coming off the battery "past" the main fuse . If it does, SUSPECT the main fuseand connections to it...
correctly wired, it will not drain the battery unless there's something wrong with the regulator...

 However, IF there is a fifth wire on your regulator, it is a "sense" wire that controls the output and it is attached to a circuit that is on/off by the key. If you have a 5th wire, You need to know what wire is what or show a decent picture of your regulator because these don't all have the same coloured wires coming out of them...
 
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The diagram was for a 80 gs850 i have an 82, i must have read it wrong. I dont know how to upload a better picture, my regrec is a 5 wire red black and 3 phase leads
 
sorry My mistake..I should have said 4, 5 or 6 wires...Black will most likely be the "Ground" wire....Attach it to a clean shiny spot on the frame or Negative on the battery...but, if attaching it to the frame or negative stops output entirely, it is the "sense" wire...
What works for me-Pictures can be easily resized as I post them by "double-clicking" it ...a dialogue opens so I can choose the size...
 
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