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rectifier/regulator grounded to frame?
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...

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: rectifier/regulator grounded to frame? Reply #1 - 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.
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wombat Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 109	Re: rectifier/regulator grounded to frame? Reply #2 - 02/01/12 at 21:14:11 Thought so. Thanks for the confirmation. verslagen1 wrote 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.
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Re: rectifier/regulator grounded to frame?
Reply #3 - 02/04/12 at 13:24:17

wombat wrote on 02/01/12 at 21:14:11:

Thought so. Thanks for the confirmation.
verslagen1 wrote 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.

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

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: rectifier/regulator grounded to frame? Reply #4 - 02/04/12 at 14:04:01 Gyrobob wrote on 02/04/12 at 13:24:17: So does it matter if the regulator/rectifier is grounded or not? No, mainly for heat dissipation.
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Gyrobob Serious Thumper Offline Posers ain't motorcyclists Posts: 2571 Newnan, GA Gender:	Re: rectifier/regulator grounded to frame? Reply #5 - 02/06/12 at 05:04:29 verslagen1 wrote on 02/04/12 at 14:04:01: Gyrobob wrote on 02/04/12 at 13:24:17: So does it matter if the regulator/rectifier is grounded or not? No, mainly for heat dissipation. So there is no need to check on whether or not it is grounded. It'll work either way.
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Re: rectifier/regulator grounded to frame?
Reply #6 - 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...

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