New battery time?

[TopCatGr58]

Originally posted by motoman
Hey T.C..........would that reg./rect. unit be a 'plug & play' for my 81H Venturer?

Hey Motoman,

It was plug and play on my 81SH, should be the same for your 81H! You can ask Geezer, drop him a PM, or I think there's a link on his web site!
T.C.

[Snow]

Looks like you guys were right... I followed the Electrosport fault finding diagram TC posted after Geezer's test showed my RR is probably fine... started tracing and found this behind my fuse plate:



It's not the best photo since it's from my phone, but basically all the wires for the generator connector to the main harness connector were bare, corroded, and 2 or 3 of them were no longer connected. The connectors got so hot they fused together..I am *VERY* fortunate I didn't end up with an electrical fire!

So basically I've been running only under battery power for a little while...no wonder my battery kept draining! I snipped the bad connectors off end ended up removing an inch or two of bad wire too on each wire, then soldering in new wire, directly connecting without a connector. I plan on going back at some point and wiring connectors in.

So, now I get 13.5 volts at 2500 rpm rather than 11.8 volts!