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So...if I hold the leads to my voltmeter in the general area of the stator...

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...as in not touching the bike, 6" away from the stator cover or more...voltmeter goes ape...poop.

I also get a lot of interference with the pickups for my Vapor.

Any guesses? I'm pretty sure I need a new stator, or at the very least I need to update some of my electrical system, because I never exceed 12.9vdc. I've just never seen a bike do "this" haha.
 
makenzie71 said:
...as in not touching the bike, 6" away from the stator cover or more...voltmeter goes ape...poop.

I also get a lot of interference with the pickups for my Vapor.

Any guesses? I'm pretty sure I need a new stator, or at the very least I need to update some of my electrical system, because I never exceed 12.9vdc. I've just never seen a bike do "this" haha.
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That's probablyjust due to the magnetic pull. Is the engine running when ou do this? 12.9 probably indicates an R/R that isn't operating right.
 
The stator is a generator, therefore it produces an electro magnetic field.
When you hold the leads of your meter within its field it can pick it up as "ghost voltage or interference.
 
Yeah I know what an EM field is...but I've NEVER seen it this..."big" is what I'm thinking is a good word. It just extends quite a ways out there...most other machines don't emit anything similar whereas this one when I get the leads close to the stator it goes absolutely nuts...but I have a hard time getting a good reading anywhere on the bike and it screws with my Vapor...tach signal and speed jump all over the place.

Didn't really spend a lot of time thinking about my R/R...I'll swap that out and see if anything changes.
 
Have you tried another meter?

I've never had this problem with $3 Harbor Freight El Cheapo meters or several more expensive ones.

Is it an auto-ranging meter? Perhaps it can't decide whether to measure millivolts or volts.

To test a stator, you'd want to set a regular manual meter to the 200VAC range.
 
manual selection. The stator actually passes most tests when cold...I haven't tried warmed up. I don't really see any issues until I'm 15 miles down the road, but I never get the correct voltage from the start. If I have my high beam on my Vapor backlight goes pretty low anytime I hit the brake. Lots of fun.

Kinda irritated me...I was going to swap my R/R out...I know I've got three of them laying around (FZR600, GS500, and a TL1000) but none were to be found...
 
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