verslagen1 wrote on 06/07/15 at 16:40:16:That should be normal. That's the reverse voltage of any diode
Just to be clear I had the probes on the multimeter going from the negative battery terminal and the ground wire on the connector. I would naturally think that there wouldn't be any voltage reading from ground to ground.
old_rider wrote on 06/07/15 at 17:11:29:Steve H wrote on 06/07/15 at 16:33:46:Now that I see the rest of the connections, it's the rectifier trigger and charge connector (white one). The one with yellow wires going into it is from the stator.
The R/R should not heat up at all when the switch is off. If it's pulling power just sitting there, it's probably bad.
I agree, if the regulator/rectifier is getting warm/hot when the key is in the off position I think there lies your short.
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/261712246507?lpid=82&chn=psWhile running you should have above 13v reading on the battery.... so the regulator is not "regulating".
I couldn't be certain that it was heating up. It was a hundred degrees here today and could've been the sun heating it. I'm going try to verify that now.