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Battery draining fast...regulator??

chuckycheese said:
Well, I took some emery paper and got the starter button all cleaned up and it fired right up! I noticed that I was only getting about 9.5V between the switch and the solenoid, so I was surprised that it started.

I'm not sure how to test the voltage into the switch...do I run my probes between the 2 wires on the switch?

Even though it runs, it's still not charging up my battery.:(
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To test the voltage into the switch, put the red probe the side that is hot before the button is pressed and the black probe to ground.
 
Done

Done

I tested both sides of the switch, this time with the headlight turned off, and got 10.5V on both sides.
 
check the leads into the rectifier...

check the leads into the rectifier...

I received a new rectifier once where the ground wire was in the wrong postion in the gang connecter. It was an easy fix but a dog to find. I had similar ohm meter readings and the battery would not charge when the bike was running. Good luck
 
chuckycheese said:
I tested both sides of the switch, this time with the headlight turned off, and got 10.5V on both sides.
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You could try to raise the voltage, but as long as it triggers the solenoid I wouldn't worry about it. That's the beauty of a relay. It can have trigger input voltage from a weak, diminished voltage source from running skinny wires through handebars and meager momentary contact (button) switches, but it only takes enough voltage to activate the relay switch to provide full battery voltage and current to the starter (or other destination). 10.5V is enough to get the job done as far as the solenoid is concerned.
 
Thanks

Thanks

Thanks, again, Philip for all of your assistance. I'm going to go ahead and run it for a few days and see what happens. I'll let you know, for sure!:-D
 
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