Triumphrat

DEcosse

I do agree that the direct connection is indeed a benefit for optimal performance at the bike's loads but not buying this quoted comment.

The regulator responds to the voltage measured directly at the regulator & dumps excess current to ground & thus crudely regulates the voltage in this manner; (increasing the load demand from the bike actually lessens the work the regulator has to do in dissipating that excess power in the regulator); adding the increased current carrying capability wires to the battery will have no effect on this situation.
Current load drawn by the bike will be whatever it requires - yes, smaller gauge wires will mean some volt drop across the wires & lower performance at the load itself, (smaller voltage, lower current & power/heat dissipation in the wiring) but will have no (or certainly indeed not a lesser) effect on the voltage / current supplied by the stator. This is a simple voltage divider situation - the current is what will be required by load (which will indeed actually be slightly lower than if a higher voltage was supplied at the load due to minimal resistance in the wiring)

Extreme example to illustrate:
let's say wiring from regulator has 1 ohm resistance; load is 11ohm. Total resiatnce of load presented to regulator is 12 ohms. If output is 12 Volts (we know this is not the actual case) then current supplied equals 12V/12ohms = 1Amp. Power required is 12w (again perfect, no losses in regulator)
Now - if 'perfect' wire from regulator to load i.e. 0 ohm, then total resistance presented to regulator is only 11 ohms. Current demanded by load is now 12V/11ohm = ~ 1.1A Power required is 13.2w
So the load will actually perform better (i.e. a light would be brighter) but the power consumed would actually be higher. This additional power has to be supplied by stator so definitely will not be running cooler!

Still a good tip, this last part of the justification (per quote) just not valid argument as to why.

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