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Then after a 150m ride, got home for 10 mins then headed to the shop. When I came out the shop the bike didn't have enough power to start (another occasion when jump leads came out). When I got home checked over again and this time it WAS charging at 18v! I have no idea how long this had been happening for so maybe that has caused the block to burn initially. I replaced the RR after that and all seemed fine... until this happened. When the bike broke down I had rode maybe 30 miles. It must have been just deteriorating over time. Unless the new RR is also faulty? Quote:
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As the R/R I've bought is a cheap knock-off I'm wary now so I'm almost certainly going to fit a Voltage meter.Thing with the naked Curvy I'm trying to think which type and where to fit. There's the single LED type like this, https://tinyurl.com/yasvo47b Which some of my old CX500 guys used but I fancy one with a proper read-out like this, https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DC12V-LED...EAAOSwQO9a61TY And or might be able to strip one of these down for cheaper and better, https://tinyurl.com/ya7sjpwq
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if its a mosfet then should be good to go unless its a really cheep POS.
voltage dials only tell you when there is over/under voltage and by the time they tell you something is wrong its already caused damage. |
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I disagree Bib.Voltage increases can be incremental and over time.Some components can handle the increased voltage before failing,some can't.It's a good indication if there's fault if caught in time and some things can be saved.
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It wasn’t cheap, about £90 from weemoto Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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It may well have been corroded connectors that may have brought it down if it has failed
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Looks like the r/r has a burnt out diode. Testing showed one of the 3 stator connectors on the + side reading 0 while other 2 reading 5.2 I’m not sure exactly what this means but I’ve a new one here and all 3 connectors read the same. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Glad you found the fault.Don't forget to go down the Stator wires and check all the connectors for corrosion.
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if you fitted a decent mosfet RR and it went pop then i would seriously be looking at the stator AC output.
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Good call
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