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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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Re: rectifier/regulator grounded to frame?
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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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02/01/12 at 21:14:11
Thought so. Thanks for the confirmation.
verslagen1 wrote
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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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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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So does it matter if the regulator/rectifier is grounded or not?
No, mainly for heat dissipation.
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Re: rectifier/regulator grounded to frame?
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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?
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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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