chayote86 Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 The lights on my banshee arnt working they haven't for a long time. Figured u should get them fixed before LS next month. I just put a new stator in thinking that was the problem. But when I did the voltage regulator burnt out. What can have caused the regulator to burn out? It's a 200watt stator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey83 Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 What kind of stator? The 200 watts shouldnt have anything to do with the regulator. Higher wattage means more power. volts X amps = watts. So unless the regulator cant handle the extra amp draw, it should be fine. Ive never heard anybody upgrade their voltage regulator. But you never even pulled a full 200 watts unless you have some crazy lighting on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chayote86 Posted August 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 Nope the lights didn't work before I put the stator on. But when I did put it on the regulator started smoking. Bad ground might have caused the regulator to burn out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey83 Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 No. Maybe a short. Like a power wire to headlight that is grounded. Do you have a volt meter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chayote86 Posted August 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 I'm borrowing one tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chayote86 Posted August 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 And all I have are lazers on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey83 Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 Study the wiring diagram and make sure yours is right. What kind of stator did you put on it? Ricky Stator??? Leave everything unhooked and ohm all your stuff and compare to the chiltons manual. Then I would check each power circuit to ground. you shouldn't see any low resistance ohm readings. If you see a reading that is the same or close as the same as when you just touch your meter leads together, then theres a short. But before you get that deep just check ohm readings in chiltons manual. If its a ricky stator that may just be the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chayote86 Posted August 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 It's a cheap RM stator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey83 Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 I put one of those on my KX 250 and it lasted LESS THAN 3 minutes. I spent hours and hours looking for an additional problem that didn't exist. It was just a piece of shit stator. I think OEM or Racetech is the way to go, but I've never had to buy one. Maybe somebody will chime in and verify. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WINDYCITYJOHN400 Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 Racetech stators FTW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chayote86 Posted August 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Well the bike runs fine if it were a bad stator wouldn't it run like crap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chayote86 Posted August 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 Does the voltage regulator deal with ignition only or lighting as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WINDYCITYJOHN400 Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 Well the bike runs fine if it were a bad stator wouldn't it run like crap? Nope lighting circuit is seperate from ignition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastforworddad Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 Racetech stators FTW! YEP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastbanshee8 Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 Does the voltage regulator deal with ignition only or lighting as well? Voltage regulator is for the lights only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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