650Rider, xs650 hosted by XS650.com

What Happened to 650rider.com?

650 Rider went offline for about a month at the beginning of 2010. In order to save the technical information that was here, XS650.com acquired the site and brought it back online as a read-only archive. If you were a member of 650 Rider, you will need to re-register at XS650.com

Search 650Rider.com and XS650.com using Google!

        650Rider Menu
 Community Search Information


xs650 > > Search


Search found 45 matches
Forum Index
Author Message
  Topic: Weak charging
silver6

Replies: 62
Views: 19708

PostForum: Electrical   Posted: September 29, 2009, 10:14 pm   Subject: Re: Weak charging
Could the stator assembly resistance test good and the assembly still be bad? I don't think I'm getting the 11 volts ac out of it.
  Topic: Weak charging
silver6

Replies: 62
Views: 19708

PostForum: Electrical   Posted: September 22, 2009, 8:14 am   Subject: Re: Weak charging
I built the reg/rec with radio shack rec's and a chrysler reg. I wired ground from one rec to the other and from there straight to battery ground.
  Topic: Weak charging
silver6

Replies: 62
Views: 19708

PostForum: Electrical   Posted: September 22, 2009, 7:18 am   Subject: Re: Weak charging
The regulator/rec I built had a rubber coating on it that I filed off where the bolts connect it to the frame. I checked earth groung on the regulator by just randomly scraping of some of the coating ...
  Topic: Weak charging
silver6

Replies: 62
Views: 19708

PostForum: Electrical   Posted: September 17, 2009, 5:53 pm   Subject: Re: Weak charging
There are no wires where the coils were. This bike has the least amount of wiring possible and I can't believe I can't figure it out. The one guy close that has a shop and I thought might help said he ...
  Topic: Weak charging
silver6

Replies: 62
Views: 19708

PostForum: Electrical   Posted: September 17, 2009, 7:38 am   Subject: Re: Weak charging
Well, put all new connectors from mikes and rewired AGAIN and no change. What the hell is going on? The bike has a pamco ignition on it and I remember the guy saying he didn't put something back on wh ...
  Topic: need ideas for battery strap
silver6

Replies: 6
Views: 3039

PostForum: Frames   Posted: September 12, 2009, 10:35 am   Subject: Re: need ideas for battery strap
Thanks for the reply Mudd! I thought about this very thing, but might not have enough room. May have to explore this option a little more. Might be able to use very small allthread. Dont know if I can ...
  Topic: need ideas for battery strap
silver6

Replies: 6
Views: 3039

PostForum: Frames   Posted: September 11, 2009, 11:08 pm   Subject: Re: need ideas for battery strap
That's kind of what I was thinking. I am in the process of replacing the old connectors with new from mike's and making a neat and tidy wiring harness. Hoping this will cure my problem. Had some other ...
  Topic: need ideas for battery strap
silver6

Replies: 6
Views: 3039

PostForum: Frames   Posted: September 11, 2009, 10:46 pm   Subject: Re: need ideas for battery strap
Might work. Trying to rewire my bike to get it to charge and figured I would throw that out there while i was brainstorming. Thanks for the quick reply. Kind of scared that I will start it up and have ...
  Topic: need ideas for battery strap
silver6

Replies: 6
Views: 3039

PostForum: Frames   Posted: September 11, 2009, 10:22 pm   Subject: need ideas for battery strap
Anyone have any ideas on a battery strap I can make and use on my bike? It's the fake oil tank/battery box that's welded to the frame. Battery is just rattling around in there. I keep stuffing foam on ...
  Topic: Weak charging
silver6

Replies: 62
Views: 19708

PostForum: Electrical   Posted: September 1, 2009, 10:43 am   Subject: Re: Weak charging
Well, I measured everything I have in the garage that I could get my hands on quickly. Hope you can follow this:

Keep in mind I have about .5 ohm drop red to black on the meter

Rotor resistance
...
  Topic: Weak charging
silver6

Replies: 62
Views: 19708

PostForum: Electrical   Posted: September 1, 2009, 6:59 am   Subject: Re: Weak charging
Sorry I'm getting people so excited. Not really trying to. I agree on the starting over bit. I will completely start from scratch and will inform in one post as to what I find out. If you guys don't m ...
  Topic: Weak charging
silver6

Replies: 62
Views: 19708

PostForum: Electrical   Posted: August 31, 2009, 10:10 pm   Subject: Re: Weak charging
It's got a custom fake oil tank/battery tray welded under the seat that the rec/reg is bolted to. The ground wire from the reg/rec is connected to battery negative and the battery is grounded to the f ...
  Topic: Weak charging
silver6

Replies: 62
Views: 19708

PostForum: Electrical   Posted: August 31, 2009, 7:56 pm   Subject: Re: Weak charging
Get no output. That's when I tested the green brush to ground while the motor was running.
  Topic: Weak charging
silver6

Replies: 62
Views: 19708

PostForum: Electrical   Posted: August 31, 2009, 7:11 pm   Subject: Re: Weak charging
Did the Radio Shack mod and that's when I finally got the slap. Have battery voltage from right brush to ground and from left brush to ground but can't seem to get it across the brushes with just the ...
  Topic: Weak charging
silver6

Replies: 62
Views: 19708

PostForum: Electrical   Posted: August 31, 2009, 5:32 pm   Subject: Re: Weak charging
I will have to look at the model number when I get off in the morning. It's one for a 1975 Chrysler Cordoba. When I stated that I grounded the green brush I did it while the bike was running and got n ...
  Topic: Weak charging
silver6

Replies: 62
Views: 19708

PostForum: Electrical   Posted: August 31, 2009, 12:50 pm   Subject: Re: Weak charging
Found the diagram that I was trying to explain
  Topic: Weak charging
silver6

Replies: 62
Views: 19708

PostForum: Electrical   Posted: August 31, 2009, 12:37 pm   Subject: Re: Weak charging
Is this what I am understanding?
3 whites to 3 whites on the reg/rec
black wire in the stator harness to ground on frame or battery
green wire to reg/rec green
new wire ran from fused 12 volts alo ...
  Topic: Weak charging
silver6

Replies: 62
Views: 19708

PostForum: Electrical   Posted: August 31, 2009, 7:56 am   Subject: Re: Weak charging
Let me clarify a little bit. I have simple wiring. I hooked to the black wire right after the plug coming from the stator assembly to get my 12+ volts thinking that was the black brush wire. Do I need ...
  Topic: Weak charging
silver6

Replies: 62
Views: 19708

PostForum: Electrical   Posted: August 31, 2009, 7:24 am   Subject: Re: Weak charging
Well, let me throw this at you. Since I have "ungrounded" the right brush with the nylon screws, do I have to physically run a new wire to that brush and use the black wire in the harness as a ground? ...
  Topic: Weak charging
silver6

Replies: 62
Views: 19708

PostForum: Electrical   Posted: August 30, 2009, 8:05 pm   Subject: Re: Weak charging
Have done that and it has a 10 amp fuse that's good inline.
  Topic: Weak charging
silver6

Replies: 62
Views: 19708

PostForum: Electrical   Posted: August 30, 2009, 7:00 pm   Subject: Re: Weak charging
Meter shows .5 ohms when touching leads together. When I test slip rings I get a reading of 6 ohms. That's a cummulative total of 5.5 ohms. When I test the resistance of the stator assembly from white ...
  Topic: Weak charging
silver6

Replies: 62
Views: 19708

PostForum: Electrical   Posted: August 30, 2009, 2:36 pm   Subject: Re: Weak charging
Forgot to mention that I grounded the green brush and no change. I have another good stator assembly that tests pretty close to the one that's on it and it made no change either.
  Topic: Weak charging
silver6

Replies: 62
Views: 19708

PostForum: Electrical   Posted: August 30, 2009, 2:35 pm   Subject: Re: Weak charging
Well, been working on it again today. Retired, I have had this meter for years and have used it on countless projects so I trust it. With the new reg/rec combo with the chrysler regulator and radio sh ...
  Topic: Weak charging
silver6

Replies: 62
Views: 19708

PostForum: Electrical   Posted: August 30, 2009, 8:42 am   Subject: Re: Weak charging
Thanks xsleo. Got fed up and finally built the one like you have. I haven't been able to run it yet because it was about 2 am when I finished. I finally have the magnetic field and a whole bunch of sl ...
 
Page 1 of 2 Go to page 1, 2  Next
All times are GMT - 5 Hours



Check out the new Honda CB750 Forum at CB750.com! A site dedicated to the great Honda SOHC and DOHC CB750.

Check out the new Yamaha XS400 Forum at XS400.com!

Yamaha xs650

xs650, xs, 650, forum, links, chopper, custom, yamaha, parts, forum, info, information, bb, bulletin board, XS650
650Rider, Free Unrestricted xs650 forum, Personal photo albums, Post images in Forum, News columns, Daily blog, Links, Event calendar, Information for Yamaha XS650



Interactive software released under GNU GPL, Code Credits, Privacy Policy