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Ok- now I'm really down - electrical hell!

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By the way Eric, what year is your GS550? Not that it matters because the cost is the same either way ($139.95 from ElectroSport for the stator and $112.50 for the rectifier.) Also where do you live. If you are in the US it only makes sense to order from the US but if you don't live in the US I recommend you order parts from the UK. Much cheaper, at least for me in Canada it would be.

Bob
GS1100GKE
 
Mine is a 1980. I live near Philly.
I checked and the battery is back up to full charge. I'll be checking the AC voltage around noon today. I find it hard to believe that the stator went that quickly unless the RR was bad all along and it affected the stator. maybe I did have a bad connection somewhere. I might try to connect the wires with wire nuts for the time being to ensure a good connnection all around. I will try the outputs of the stator but I might check all the connections and start at the top of the chart again. Look for 13+ volts across that battery.
 
Weird.
It is either a bad ground or the battery can't accept a higher charge.
Battery was at 12.8 volts when I hooked everything together. The ground wire on the battery connecting it to the frame looked a little suspect as did the ground of the RR to the frame. So after reconnecting everything, the three wires from the stator are connected directly to the RR, the hot from the RR is connected directly to the battery + and the ground of the RR is connected directly to the - on the battery (which is then connected to the frame). Started it up and I went right up to 13.5 then 14+ volts. It jumped around a bit on the digital meter depending on rmps but it was almost always over 12.8 volts so current was definitely getting to the battery at a higher potential. I might just splurge for a new battery. Even though the one on the bike is only a year old it has been charged and discharged a number of times and it might not be able to take full advantage of the voltage from the RR. After that I will connect one of the two honda RRs I bought on ebay and see what happens. Maybe I'll try one of them anyway to see if the voltage going to the battery is more consistent than the smaller suzuki one now on the bike.
 
Eric, I don't have the specs for a 550 but I do have the Suzuki shop manual for my GS1100GKE and the spec for voltage across the battery at 5000 rpm is 13.5 to 15.5 volts with a fully charged battery. Good luck!
 
Thanks. tried to get a battery at sears tonight. Will try a different store tomorrow. If I don't get the voltage range you noted I'm going to proceed with changing RRs.
 
Eric, just remember that it is quite normal for the voltage to fluctuate as the higher the rpms the higher the voltage until the R/R limits it at 14 to 15.5 volts at 5000 rpm. At idle (1100 rpm) mine is only putting out about 12.6 volts.
 
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