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This feels like a dumb RR question...

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shamer said:
Tonight I went through & cleaned up quite a few grounds - I also added additional ground wires with 14 guage wire soldered to ring connectors and attached to bolts at the headlight and tailight areas. These met together at the negative side of the fuse panel (one of the small screws at the bottom). Does anyone see a problem with me having done this? In the past I've added redundant grounds to my other vehicles to keep all the wiring happier & avoid problems.
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No, improving ground connections a good idea. Many wiring problems and voltage drops are caused by poor grounds.

shamer said:
But, I still find myself with 15.2V at the battery! It was getting late & I didn't have a fully charged battery to start (12.5V), so I'm going to drive the bike to work tommorow (15 minute commute) and see what I get for a reading in a real world situation.

Thanks again, I'm slowly getting there\\:D/ ...
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Did you try temporarily connecting the sense wire directly to the battery positive as I suggested earlier to see if the charging voltage lowers to the correct range?
 
Did you try temporarily connecting the sense wire directly to the battery positive as I suggested earlier to see if the charging voltage lowers to the correct range?
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No, I haven't - but not because I'm ignoring your good advice! In fact I wish I had done it tonight, but I forgot. But, I'm able to easily test the voltage at sensor wire and each time I've seen an improvement at the battery, it has been mirrored at that sense wire. I've been testing that wire frequently looking for improvements each time I cleaned a connection. Tonight, before I called it quits to help put the kids to bed, it showed 14.7V, so I feel confident that the RR is working poperly.

You're right, tho', I should run that test as well - thanks for the reminder!
 
Your work on fixing the voltage drop at the sense wire has paid off. You're right, if the battery is charging at 14.7V, that is proof that the R/R is working properly. If the sense wire is still below battery voltage, the R/R may still be putting out a little extra voltage. Temporarily connecting the sense wire to the battery will tell you what the R/R voltage should be without a voltage drop.

Congratulations on the results of your efforts. :)
 
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