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my own results:
ok so started the bike with a full battery. With the connector unplugged I tried each wire set on the ACV setting (while it was running) at about 2100 rpm and got:
1-2: 1.55
2-3: 1.60
1-3: 2.00
I tried changing the ACV setting from 20 to 200 to 2000 etc. but it just gave me more numbers after the decimal (i.e. 1.5 to 1.55 to 1.558 etc).
Next I turned the bike off and with the key out of ignition and the connector plugged back in I tried two things:
First put red needle to each stator connection and black needle to battery negative and got: .7 for each wire on the ohm setting. When I switched the OHM setting to the one which beeps, it would beep everytime I touched the batt neg. It would always spike to a high number, but then fall to .7
Then I tried the same only using a bolt on the chassis instead of the batt neg. This time it seemed to always show about the same .6 or .7, and it would still beep if on the sound setting when I touched the bolt. It would always spike at first to a high number, than go down to this number for each.
Sam explains:
I suspect the .6~.7 reading you were getting is unfortunately the series/parallel resistive summation of all three stator coils in respect to ground. This means the stator coil assembly is somehow connected/shorted to ground. This is most likely the cause of your charging problem.
The 'jump' in the reading you were seeing is most likely caused by a capacitive 'charge' built-up from the ohmmeter into the recitifier/regulator.
Both the jumping meter and the '1' indication are what I would expect to see.
My conclusion is your stator coil assembly is shorted to ground and needs replacement.
Looks like I need a new stator now, this time I wont get a used one...
Last edited by redl1nerpm : 11-01-2007 at 04:40 PM.
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