• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

W/R and W/G wires, what to do?

  • Thread starter Thread starter AirCooledFour
  • Start date Start date
A

AirCooledFour

Guest
I'm installing a new R/R for the first time and noticed that the white/red and white/green stripped wires seem to have no home after I connect all three stock stator wires to the three yelloow of the R/R.
Do I just cap these off or do they have another purpose?
 
AirCooledFour said:
So my headlight is always going to be on?
Click to expand...
Do you have an On / Off switch ?

"You may have noticed that there are a couple of extra wires (circled in yellow
above, white/green and white/red) that I have disconnected, cut back, and taped
off out of the way. In the original circuit, Suzuki ran one leg of the stator through
the headlight switch. The reason being that when you switched off your
headlight while riding, one of the stator legs would be disabled. This would
allow less voltage to be dumped into your charging system when the headlight
was off and keep the battery from overcharging and possibly boiling out all of
that nice distilled water and possibly cooking your battery. Since my bike
doesn't even have a headlight switch (the headlight is on all the time) I can
eliminate that loop of wire, simplify the circuit, and cut out the unnecessary
resistance"

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/storagecliff/images/r-r_replacement.pdf
 
No, your headlight will still switch ON and OFF, just like it was designed to do.

The headlight switch actually has two sets of contacts. One set actually controls current to the light, the other set of contacts was used to connect the third leg of the stator to the rectifier/regulator. By connecting your stator wires directly to the r/r, you will be charging at full capacity at all times. If you turn the headlight OFF, there will be a lot more current that is shunted to ground to regulate the voltage. Recommended procedure when you bypass the switch like that is to leave the headlight OFF while starting the bike, then turn the light ON to reduce the load on the regulator.

.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

P
Unknown short, no power anywhere
Replies
8
Views
189
Puntachu
P
S
SH775 wire harness guidance
Replies
5
Views
202
bren
bren
S
78 GS1000 rectifier/regulator wiring
Replies
5
Views
148
dgates1
dgates1
ChickenStorm
Hot R/R along with complete power loss (GS450E -82)
2
Replies
29
Views
316
Grimly
Grimly
dubwicht
SH775 Installation for Dummies
Replies
14
Views
447
Grimly
Grimly
Back
Top