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Message started by alcoa on 08/31/08 at 15:00:14

Title: rectifier get hot?
Post by alcoa on 08/31/08 at 15:00:14

I got saddle bags and want to put them under the seat. Can I remove the rectifier put the bags across the fender and put the rectifier over the bag material :P using the same bolt and hole to hold the rectifier in place?

Title: Re: rectifier get hot?
Post by marine5317 on 08/31/08 at 16:37:00

You don't have a whole lot of clearance under the seat. I just put a larger set of bags on mine and I used the yoke that you would run under or over the seat and sleeved it around the fender rails. Mine are box lid type and I did move the turn signals back. If you are interested I can email pics.
Have a safe one
marine5317

Title: Re: rectifier get hot?
Post by ALfromN.H. on 08/31/08 at 18:37:22

you can easily move the rectifier. I put mine under the drivers seat and didn't have to change any wires or anything.
AL

Title: Re: rectifier get hot?
Post by Rogue_Cheddar on 08/31/08 at 18:45:28

Looks like nobody else is going to, so i guess it's up to me.

"Rectifier? I hardly know her!" :D

Title: Re: rectifier get hot?
Post by Sandy Koocanusa on 09/01/08 at 06:38:42

I have heard it suggested that the rear fender is used as a heat sink for the rectifier. Insulating it with a layer of leather could goof that up, if it is so. We may never know if it is true, though, unless someone tries it and reports back with results.

Is there room in the saddlebags for a fire extinguisher, just in case? ;)

Title: Re: rectifier get hot?
Post by verslagen1 on 09/01/08 at 08:21:58

I would just put over the top of it. The seat already hampers air flow, so problem there. But to put it under raises new questions, does it need to be grounded, is the fender the heat sink?

Title: Re: rectifier get hot?
Post by TheFid on 09/01/08 at 11:18:05

When I fitted my saddle bags, I put the rectifier in the tool box.http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m101/TheMorecambeFid/Rectifierrelocatedintoolbox.jpg

Title: Re: rectifier get hot?
Post by TheFid on 09/01/08 at 11:19:59

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m101/TheMorecambeFid/Righthandwithnopillion-1.jpg

Title: Re: rectifier get hot?
Post by serowbot on 09/01/08 at 11:28:53

0E333B2939031F343938383D2E5C0 wrote:

Looks like nobody else is going to, so i guess it's up to me.

"Rectifier? I hardly know her!" :D

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