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thrasher
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PostPosted: November 14, 2009, 9:42 pm    Post subject: voltage regulator question
i have a bit of an odd question about the regulator, is there anyway i could hook it up to a 1 wire ac system on a bike? i have a mx175 i added a lighting coil to and put lights on, only problem is i keep blowing the headlight from the voltage. i have a spare regulator off a 75xs and would like to use that. is this any way possible?
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PostPosted: November 15, 2009, 1:06 am    Post subject: Re: voltage regulator question
The 650 regulator works by turning the voltage on and off to the rotor. This turns the stator on and off. The regulator you need shunts the extra voltage to ground to keep the voltage right. You might try looking at a salvage yard. You might find a street version of you bike. It will have what you need.
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PostPosted: November 15, 2009, 9:02 am    Post subject: Re: voltage regulator question
thrasher wrote:
i have a bit of an odd question about the regulator, is there anyway i could hook it up to a 1 wire ac system on a bike? i have a mx175 i added a lighting coil to and put lights on, only problem is i keep blowing the headlight from the voltage. i have a spare regulator off a 75xs and would like to use that. is this any way possible?
just put a 6v zener power diode (mounted on a heat sink) into the circuit availible at radio shack helps to have a battery too but the diode itself will work as it will dump any voltage over 6.2v to ground... a zener regulator off about a 82 QT50 yammahopper would be perfect

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