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Post by lennie11b on May 25, 2012 9:03:37 GMT -6
Well i have been having problems with my running lights. High beams work off the battery so i found some yellow wires that only have juice while the engine is running. Heres what my meter read first at idle 8ac then down to 4ac then to -8dc so that blew my mind any thoughts
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Post by Cruiser on May 26, 2012 0:06:09 GMT -6
The yellow wires (3 in the case of a six wire regulator/rectifier) are the output of the stator. You should be reading around 40 volts AC or better between each of the 3 pairings of wires with the engine running. Measure from wire to wire and not from wire to ground. The stator does not connect directly to any of the lights in this case so your running lights problem is most likely a wiring problem.
Stators are usually very reliable.
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Post by Bashan on May 26, 2012 3:53:37 GMT -6
This is something that's been coming up on the discussions lately and it needs to be clarified. Just because you turn your multimeter to DC and you get a reading DOES NOT MEAN IT"S DC VOLTAGE. The same goes for trying to read DC set on AC, it's just an incorrect reading because the meter is set wrong. Auto select meters will go to AC or DC automatically, manual set meters will try to read the voltage regardless. A wire either has DC or AC on it, you can't have both.
Now, how many yellow wires do you have coming out of your stator?
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