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Message started by wombat on 02/01/12 at 15:19:58

Title: rectifier/regulator grounded to frame?
Post by wombat on 02/01/12 at 15:19:58

Can someone with a stock Savage see if their rectifier/regulator is electrically isolated from its mounting point on the rear fender. I can't see that it matters, but someone on this forum once said that he had to have his insulated from its metal support on a Ryca CS-1 to make the bike run. Never heard of this before, but now I'm wondering...

Title: Re: rectifier/regulator grounded to frame?
Post by verslagen1 on 02/01/12 at 16:21:36

No it's not.
And it's the same for several bikes over several years.
that person probably had a short in their rectifier.

Title: Re: rectifier/regulator grounded to frame?
Post by wombat on 02/01/12 at 21:14:11

Thought so. Thanks for the confirmation.

6F7C6B6A75787E7C7728190 wrote:

No it's not.
And it's the same for several bikes over several years.
that person probably had a short in their rectifier.

Title: Re: rectifier/regulator grounded to frame?
Post by Gyrobob on 02/04/12 at 13:24:17

6D7577787B6E1A0 wrote:

Thought so. Thanks for the confirmation.
[quote author=6F7C6B6A75787E7C7728190 link=1328138398/0#1 date=1328142096]No it's not.
And it's the same for several bikes over several years.
that person probably had a short in their rectifier.

[/quote]

So does it matter if the regulator/rectifier is grounded or not?

Title: Re: rectifier/regulator grounded to frame?
Post by verslagen1 on 02/04/12 at 14:04:01

2719120F020F02600 wrote:

So does it matter if the regulator/rectifier is grounded or not?

No, mainly for heat dissipation.

Title: Re: rectifier/regulator grounded to frame?
Post by Gyrobob on 02/06/12 at 05:04:29

697A6D6C737E787A712E1F0 wrote:

[quote author=2719120F020F02600 link=1328138398/0#3 date=1328390657]
So does it matter if the regulator/rectifier is grounded or not?

No, mainly for heat dissipation.[/quote]

So there is no need to check on whether or not it is grounded. It'll work either way.

Title: Re: rectifier/regulator grounded to frame?
Post by runrun on 02/16/12 at 14:47:27

My Ryca build kept blowing fuses until I removed the rectifier's metal mounting bolts and mounted it with heavy duty velcro instead.

It's possible that it was just a weird internal short that coincidentally went away when I changed the mounting method and isolated the rectifier from the metal battery box, but that seems unlikely to me.

Verslagen1 knows way more about these bikes than me -- I'm just telling you what I think happened with mine. Your experience may differ...