Hot Yellow Stator Wire = Bad Voltage Regulator ?

[jbooker82]

I was running a 200w Ricky Stator. The insulation on the bullet conector on the yellow wire got hot and melted. I thought that the Insulation could have rubbed off and the terminal shorted out causeing it to burn the rest of the insulation on the connection off. The lights were dim and wouldnt light up as bright as the use to. So I figued that the stator was smoked. I even un pluged the voltage regulator and could still only get 8 volts.

 

I put on my new 200w Ricky Stator and the same voltage regulator. With the machine running I could only get about 10-11 volts. Even with it reved up. The lights are a lot brighter even though it isnt at 16.3 V like the manual says it should be. The yellow wire gets hot again. I dont want to smoke my new stator so I have ran it to see how hot it gets. It just gets warm pretty fast.

 

I think the voltage regulator went out and smoked my old stator. I have had that stator in there for 3 years with no problems.

 

What do you think?

[Snopczynski]

Sounds like a bad voltage regulator to me. I bought the rs one when I upgraded my stator. What watt bulbs are you running?

[smartsshee22]

I agree, it sounds like a voltage regulator. My cousin just had the exact same problem with his Shee except he was blowing bulbs too. We just finished re-wiring his harness because certain areas got too hot and melted. Picked up a new regulator off ebay for $15.

[jbooker82]

Sounds like a bad voltage regulator to me. I bought the rs one when I upgraded my stator. What watt bulbs are you running?

4 35w trail tech lights. It just seems like if I dont find out why this wire is getting so hot it will smoke my stator again.

 

I ran this same setup for 3 years with no problem. Just seems like the voltage regulator went out and cooked my old stator.

 

Is the stock regulator capable of dealing with the 200w stator?

[smartsshee22]

The stock regulator will have no issue with the bigger stator. I have a 200w Ricky on mine as well with no issues. Hope this helps.

[Snopczynski]

I would put a brand new yamaha regulator or rs regulator on it. With RS and 125w of lights on my bike, peak voltage at 6k rpm was around 12.45v!

[blowit]

I was running a 200w Ricky Stator. The insulation on the bullet conector on the yellow wire got hot and melted. I thought that the Insulation could have rubbed off and the terminal shorted out causing it to burn the rest of the insulation on the connection off. The lights were dim and wouldnt light up as bright as the use to. So I figued that the stator was smoked. I even un pluged the voltage regulator and could still only get 8 volts.

 

I put on my new 200w Ricky Stator and the same voltage regulator. With the machine running I could only get about 10-11 volts. Even with it reved up. The lights are a lot brighter even though it isnt at 16.3 V like the manual says it should be. The yellow wire gets hot again. I dont want to smoke my new stator so I have ran it to see how hot it gets. It just gets warm pretty fast.

 

I think the voltage regulator went out and smoked my old stator. I have had that stator in there for 3 years with no problems.

 

What do you think?

 

 

One thing you might watch is false meter reads. Depending on what meter you use, they may or may not give a true RMS reading. Because the frequency is sporadic you may be OK and not know it. Generally, I would not expect 16V on an RMS meter but peak to peak, you bet it will hit that. Burnt wiring would be caused by too low of a resistance to ground. IE, a grounded or shorted wire and this would also cause dim lights. A simple way to test for a stator short is by checking resistance from the yellow wire to chassis.

 

We see a bunch of replaced regs that are good simply because if it loses connection to the stator output, it will not regulate.

 

Brandon

[2004LEBanshee]

i put on new 200w rs stator on and it smoked 2 new stock voltage regs. with 2 55 watt light, bought a rs voltage regulator and never had a problem since. I dont care what some people say maybe there lucky but a stock one wollnt last. Note that ricky says there reg is for like 250 watt stator. Stock doesnt state that and Im sure it wasnt designed for that.

[jbooker82]

IE, a grounded or shorted wire and this would also cause dim lights. A simple way to test for a stator short is by checking resistance from the yellow wire to chassis.

 

We see a bunch of replaced regs that are good simply because if it loses connection to the stator output, it will not regulate.

 

Brandon

 

With the new stator on there the lights are bright again, They are not dim like it is shorting out. The yellow wire still gets hot.

 

What should the resistance be from the yellow wire to Chassis? Is that going to be with the stator completly un hooked or should I leave the black wire hooked up to the wiring harness.

 

Where does the regulator loose conection at. It is pluged in and I sanded down the powder coat so I can get a good ground to the frame where it bolts up. Does the wire come loose in the wiring harness some where? I guess I could check the restistance between the yellow wire on the banshees wiring harness to the blue wire on the VR.

 

I really apprecte your guy's help.

 

josh

[jbooker82]

I would put a brand new yamaha regulator or rs regulator on it. With RS and 125w of lights on my bike, peak voltage at 6k rpm was around 12.45v!

 

This is the RS Voltage Regulator I got. It has a yellow and red wire coming out of it. How did you hook it up? Yellow to where the stock regulator hooks up and Red to Ground? Vise Versa?

 

Is the think in the middle a bolt to bolt it up to where the stock one mouned to?

[brian]

With the new stator on there the lights are bright again, They are not dim like it is shorting out. The yellow wire still gets hot.

 

What should the resistance be from the yellow wire to Chassis? Is that going to be with the stator completly un hooked or should I leave the black wire hooked up to the wiring harness.

 

Where does the regulator loose conection at. It is pluged in and I sanded down the powder coat so I can get a good ground to the frame where it bolts up. Does the wire come loose in the wiring harness some where? I guess I could check the restistance between the yellow wire on the banshees wiring harness to the blue wire on the VR.

 

I really apprecte your guy's help.

 

josh

 

I think he meant continuity.

If there is continuity from the yellow wire to the chassis, you have a short.

[2004LEBanshee]

This is the RS Voltage Regulator I got. It has a yellow and red wire coming out of it. How did you hook it up? Yellow to where the stock regulator hooks up and Red to Ground? Vise Versa?

 

Is the think in the middle a bolt to bolt it up to where the stock one mouned to?

 

yellow to yellow. yes stator, red or black to ground. I just made another round connector and bolted it where the other ground is for the wire harness in stock location. ON the other bolt hole for the the stock regulator I got a longer bolt and bolted that new regulator on to the frame there.

[jbooker82]

I think he meant continuity.

If there is continuity from the yellow wire to the chassis, you have a short.

 

I figured that there would be some. Since the stator is grounded.

[jbooker82]

yellow to yellow. yes stator, red or black to ground. I just made another round connector and bolted it where the other ground is for the wire harness in stock location. ON the other bolt hole for the the stock regulator I got a longer bolt and bolted that new regulator on to the frame there.

 

So you hook the yellow wire up to the blue wire on the banshee's wireing harness. (same wire as the stock one plugs in to.) Then the red one goes to chassis ground. Right?

 

josh