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Old 04-10-18, 03:14 PM   #39
aesmith
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Default Re: K5 Pointy Headlight Connector Burning out

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Originally Posted by Bibio View Post
AC power (stator) - "Rectification - DC power - Regulation" (R/R) - Smoothing Capacitor (battery). the only thing missing is a drop down transformer before the Rectification. if you dropped say the 90v AC to a more suitable 20V AC then the R/R would not have to work as hard.
The quoted 60V AC is an open circuit figure, with the AC disconnected from the RR. I would guess it drops substantially when load is being drawn.
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