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Old 08-08-20, 05:01 PM   #22
gadget
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Default Re: Gen1 battery woes again!

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Originally Posted by SV650rules View Post
The only difference between the pre-2004 5 wire RR and the later 7 wire RR seems to be that in the later ones Suzuki doubled up on the number of contacts in the 12V DC plug - obviously to spread the electrical load across a larger contact area and stop the 'melting RR plugs' when the contacts became a bit corroded or loose. The two pairs of positive and negative wires on the 7 pin setup go to exactly the same place in the bikes electrics and the 'direct to battery' loom from Electrex ( supplied with RR851 ) just takes them all straight to battery. So you could still plug in the stator and if you choose to use the supplied the direct to battery loom still plug in the loom without soldering anything - depends if you want to pay £90 for the much better 'series' RR... and your bikes RR plugs would be compatible with any 2004 ---> RR for plugs, just depends if they kept the same physical RR size as pre-2004 ( you can check that as the pictures shown with the RR851 have one that shows the physical heatsink and mounting slots dimensions )

https://www.electrexworld.co.uk/acat...Rectifier.html

The standard MOSFET shunt regulator for your bike is RR85 - same price as the series RR851 which is a much better RR than even the mosfet shunt one ( the series type runs cooler and easier on stator coils ). the later RR is 30mm longer ( 110mm ) and the mounting slots are min 67 and max 91mm, the standard one pre-2004 is 80mm long and slots are min 53 max 66mm, maybe you can dremel a bit out of slot ( couple of mm ) to fit longer one if space allows. The width and height of both RR the same at 80mm and 30mm

https://www.electrexworld.co.uk/cgi-...2ehtml#SID=439

JUST RECEIVED MY RR851 IN POST ( ORDERED 6TH AUG ) AND THE 'STRAIGHT TO BATTERY' LEAD IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PARCEL, DESPITE BEING SHOWN IN PHOTO WITH THE RR. IT REALLY IS AN 'OPTION' THEN.
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I have the standard Electrex mosfet RR85 already and this is / was the cause of all my electrical problems, don't think I'll be buying another Electrex branded RR anytime soon tbh.
Instead I think I'll go 'belt n braces' and buy one of those FH102 or FH008, they both seem to be the best option for a good performing and reliable set up.
According to Decosse and a few other peeps on here, this is THE set up for an SV so I'll take his/their advice and do the mod.
Just can't be doing with the agro of continuously messing with the battery charger and not knowing if I'm going to get ti where I'm going.
Btw ... does anyone know if either of the two regs mentioned above will actually fit inside the side panel where original was? Hopefully without too much hassle.
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