Abe Posted October 12, 2015 Author Report Posted October 12, 2015 Wasn't saving much coin with the rectifier I bought costing $45 was just trying to avoid pulling it back apart to float the ground. Those voltage readings are in ac I had unhooked the box to test my system to try an find a reason for it failing. Even said what the heck and hooked it up un- regulated to just try an get it to light the led indicator back up incase my problem was not getting enough voltage to the rectifier. Quote
Abe Posted October 12, 2015 Author Report Posted October 12, 2015 I may have ac problems as well as a faulty rectifier now bummer Quote
90Bansheedude Posted October 12, 2015 Report Posted October 12, 2015 (edited) With the trail Tech rectifier/regulator you do NOT need to float the ground nor did I. You just have to make sure all your negatives for your lights and such are ran with wires and not touching the frame. I repeat you do NOT need to float the ground if you do not want to. I thought i already made that clear.Sent from my Samsung S3 on Tapatalk Edited October 12, 2015 by 90Bansheedude Quote
Abe Posted October 12, 2015 Author Report Posted October 12, 2015 I had already purchased the ebay one when you said that so I was already partially committed. You are running just the trail tech piece and no regulator before correct? The wire from tt reg/rec that suppose to be to the floated ground is just left open? all lighting grounds must be ran to the tt reg/rec or battery ground ? think that sums up all the ? lol Quote
90Bansheedude Posted October 12, 2015 Report Posted October 12, 2015 Correct, just don't worry about the wire connected to frame ground and hook up the two that are accessible. And no I am not using the stock ac regulator, I think they want you to use a battery, atleast a small one. I think I posted a link earlier to the one I used. I am very happy with this setup. Sent from my Samsung S3 on Tapatalk Quote
90Bansheedude Posted October 12, 2015 Report Posted October 12, 2015 You just need to make sure that the lights you hook up the case is not connected to ground. mine were not some of them may be so verify that or make some type of insulator. Sent from my Samsung S3 on Tapatalk Quote
Abe Posted October 12, 2015 Author Report Posted October 12, 2015 Correct, just don't worry about the wire connected to frame ground and hook up the two that are accessible. And no I am not using the stock ac regulator, I think they want you to use a battery, atleast a small one. I think I posted a link earlier to the one I used. I am very happy with this setup. Sent from my Samsung S3 on Tapatalk this is a little confusing, are you saying to not ground the lights at all not even to the battery? or to not ground the reg/rec and to leave the wire for a floated ground open ? Quote
90Bansheedude Posted October 12, 2015 Report Posted October 12, 2015 If you do not float the ground on the stator you will have two wires coming out of the stator hook up both of those to the regulator. if you floated the ground on the stator you would have a third wire, that is the wire that we are ignoring. Yes you do need to have a ground hook from your lights to the trail Tech regulator or battery just follow their wiring diagram. Is that clear or do you need any more clarification? Sent from my Samsung S3 on Tapatalk Quote
90Bansheedude Posted October 12, 2015 Report Posted October 12, 2015 Also you do want the rectifier regulator bolted to the chassis so that it can bleed off any excess voltage when it is regulating it. Sent from my Samsung S3 on Tapatalk Quote
Abe Posted October 12, 2015 Author Report Posted October 12, 2015 this diagram suggest to not mounot the regulator to chassis if not using a floated ground. hmm Quote
90Bansheedude Posted October 12, 2015 Report Posted October 12, 2015 Is that for Trail Tech or a different one? Im not familiar with bajadesigns. Here is the TT pdf. http://gallery.trailtech.net/media/instructions/lights/regrec/010-ELV-116.pdf I talked to one of their tech guys about it and they confirmed that it was ok. The banshee stator has 2 wires coming from the stator and one going to ground, so it would have 3 total including the one going to ground that sometimes gets floated. Just an FYI. Quote
Abe Posted October 12, 2015 Author Report Posted October 12, 2015 banshee only has 2 wires exiting the stator. one is simply a ground to the stator plate which ends up grounding to the engine, stator, and chassis. The other is the lighting coil ac voltage. when the ground is floated you will unsolder one end of the lighting coil and add on making the third wire. so in reality only one wire is from the coil coming out the stator in oem configuration. so I assume the bottom diagram I posted is how a non floated banshee is ran. only difference in your setup and the bottom diagram would be you have the reg/rect casing grounded to chassis. Quote
90Bansheedude Posted October 12, 2015 Report Posted October 12, 2015 Yes except the wire that is shown grounded from the stator and on 1 side of the rectifier is a wire coming out of the stator wiring loom and running to the rectifier. This is becoming way more complicated than it has to be. Sent from my Samsung S3 on Tapatalk Quote
2smokesJg Posted October 16, 2015 Report Posted October 16, 2015 Bump Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
90Bansheedude Posted October 16, 2015 Report Posted October 16, 2015 Is this clear as mud yet? For a really good DC conversion without floating the ground by the trail Tech rectifier regulator for 60 bucks and a 2000 or more milliamp battery like the Tenergy one on ebay for $20 and hook it up as described. :-) Sent from my Samsung S3 on Tapatalk Quote
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