2004LEBanshee Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 I installed my 200w ricki stator about a month ago, long story short. I never checked my lights rode about two trips durring the day, Had electrical problem took apart my wire harness found 6 locations where wire was bare and worn. fixed it cut out wires I dont need. Reinstalled everything started it up, lights were on at idle reved it and pop. Re-checked everything, everything was ok, I guess. Installed the wire harness rechecked the ground it was good put new stock bulbs in turned bike on (high-low) work at idle. I reved it and pop. Is this stator too much for my regulator or what? I mean the regulator looks pretty much idiot proof one wire. Is it bad or do I need a more power full bulb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboBanshee420 Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 your regulator is junk... or you still have a bad ground. remember the body of the reg needs to be mounted to bare metal! Clean up your mounting surface and try again. this time just measure the from the light plug with an ohm meter set to ac volt. it shouldn't go past 14 volts @ redline. this way you don't blow more bulbs. repost with results.... you may have to buy a better reg to deal with the extra power. trail tech sells them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snopczynski Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 your regulator is junk... or you still have a bad ground. remember the body of the reg needs to be mounted to bare metal! Clean up your mounting surface and try again. this time just measure the from the light plug with an ohm meter set to ac volt. it shouldn't go past 14 volts @ redline. this way you don't blow more bulbs. repost with results.... you may have to buy a better reg to deal with the extra power. trail tech sells them If the ground is bad, it wont burn the harness and the lights will be dim. You have a bad regulator. Basically your regulator is shunting too much voltage to ground and heating up the harness. Why did you get a 200w stator? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboBanshee420 Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 snop.... the body of the reg IS the ground used BY the reg to drop the extra current. Hence the 1 wire coming out. If it used an external ground then it would be a 2 wire. 1 for ground 1 for input Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snopczynski Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 ok, I am well aware of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboBanshee420 Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 maybe I just don't understand your way of thinking.... his reg could still be good...if he's trying to mount it to a painted surface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snopczynski Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 If it fried the wiring, the regulator is not good. Not having a good enough ground will not fry a harness. The harness gets heated up by amperage being shunted to ground (electromotive hp being worked to its limits if you will). This will cause heat and dim lights because of the loss of voltage from the more direct path to ground. A bad ground will just cause dim lights or flickering because there is a loss of the path to ground. I actually just replaced a stator harness and a regulator on my cousins bike for the same exact issue. Now its got a ricky stator voltage regulator on it. I also put one on my bike since I have everything he makes now too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2004LEBanshee Posted July 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 I got it because I got a good deal on it and may switch lights in the future but thought it would be fine with the stock setup. I never moved the stock regulator since it was new only unscrewed the ground screw to redo the harnes. The lights at idle are nice and bright and if I bearly rev the engine they get really bright and white and burn out. the first set of bulbs one of them even exploded the glass. :geek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snopczynski Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 Make sure your blue regulator wire is connected to the regulator. If it is, then you either have an open in the regualtor circuit, or the regulator is bad. Do you have a multi meter and know how to use it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2004LEBanshee Posted July 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Make sure your blue regulator wire is connected to the regulator. If it is, then you either have an open in the regualtor circuit, or the regulator is bad. Do you have a multi meter and know how to use it? yes and no. I purchased a new regulator. I only had one funtioning bulb left so I put it on and reved it and it didnt blow. I took it out for a ride and gone. It blew again. I have it in stock location its not dirty, soldered the wire to the yellow stator lighting wire. what the heck. Can I just put 2 100 watt bulbs on it and assume it wollnt blow them? need help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snopczynski Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 No, you need to diagnose this issue and putting (2) 100 watt bulbs on it will not fix it. You'll fry the harness by doing that. You need to go to walmart or radioshack and get yourself a digital multi meter that measures dc, ac, ohms, and amps. Then come back here and I will tell you how to check the bikes stator and wiring circuit as well as the regulator. Soldered what wire to the yellow stator wire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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