crustydemon Posted March 30, 2010 Report Posted March 30, 2010 Went for a ride last night and noticed that my headlights were going on and off by themselves. I looked it over real good and couldnt find any loose connections or obvious shorts/ melted wires. Tonight I went out and started it up to go for a ride, the lights came on normally but after a few seconds shut completely off. I rev it a little and they come back on. I did this a few times then that stopped working so I wound the shit out of it and they came on nice and bright but as soon as I let off the throttle they shut off again. Any ideas what this could be? Voltage regulator going bad? Its a 250 watt moose stator, stock regulator, stock bulbs but I'm only pulling off one output wire so I think its just 100 Watts. Quote
AKheathen Posted March 30, 2010 Report Posted March 30, 2010 yah, it should be a 100 and a 150. did you put a voltage gauge on it anywhere? check the bullet connectors and ohmt the ground to the timing plate and frame/harness. when the regulator goes out, it stops shunting the excess voltage and you get too much power for the bulbs to handle. also, put the meter on the other output. if you do happen to find an issue with the stator itself, i am able to repair it. another thing to check is the switch itself....really easy to pop open and clean the contacts. i used trucklite nyk compound on mine, main reason being that it was icing up last year. other than that, just go over all the connections and wiring and see if you can find anything. Quote
bansheesandrider Posted March 30, 2010 Report Posted March 30, 2010 Check inside the light assembly where the black wire is soldered to the lamp holder, this is your ground and may have broke off. It is a slight possibility as it sounds as though both lights have problems but it doesn't hurt to check. You could also try the other leg of the stator to see if it makes a difference. Quote
AKheathen Posted March 31, 2010 Report Posted March 31, 2010 if you do happen to try the other output, don't rev it verry high, as it will likely fry the stock regulator before it get's near the powerband Quote
crustydemon Posted March 31, 2010 Author Report Posted March 31, 2010 Alright, I'm going to check it out tomorrow and see what I can find. Been busy today and didnt get time. If my new stator is bad I'm gonna be pissed. Quote
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