Stator Paper Caper: Shunted & Stumped!

[Guest]

i'm glad you solved your problem!

i have a question though:

Fluctuation is a BAD sign...readings should be virtually rock solid. If your readings are jumping around, suspect the RR.

what kind of fluctuation are you referring to here?

 

[Speedo]

I'm talking about the overall charging sys test which is "Step 1" in Stator Papers.

Instead of the meter being steady in its readings, it looks like it is "going crazy" with readings you can't read because they are fluctuating so much. I will say that after the RR was totally toast, the reading did not jump around any more, readings were just too high - the voltage simply get going up proportionally to rpm, past 17v. In other words: voltage was NOT being "regulated" since the RR died.

Shiraz's bike, when we tested it, showed virtually no movement on the RR voltage readings when we reved it to whatever. It was rock solid at 14.5v or so as we reved to various rpm. I mean rock solid....no up, down, wild searching for a reading....just right on with 14.5 no matter what we did with throttle.

But other tests in Stator Papers apply and were "funky" as well as some tests Shiraz knew to do but NOT in Stator Papers; specifically, with everything hooked up correctly (rr, stator, etc), on my bike there is some kind of "rogue" voltage that shows up on both of our meters just by attaching either lead to any ground on the engine or frame. Crazy stuff, should be 0/Zed/nada/nothing. I'll test again after new RR arrives.

 

[Guest]

.........thanks