Random Red Wire

[CaptonZap]

Yes, I know the speedometer needle is broken, that was the second or third needle in that speedometer.

So the question is, which end of the scale were you bouncing the needle against to make it break?

[3Phase]

So the question is, which end of the scale were you bouncing the needle against to make it break?

Yeah, there's no pin on the high side, just at zero so as much as I'd like to claim that I should have a 270 MPH XS1100, the truth is that it was only going 245 MPH when it wrapped around and broke the needle.

[skids]

To carry it out to the electrical world of the charging system: the voltage regulator senses 14.5V so everything is just ducky in its world and it doesn't know or care about voltage drops, they're someone else's problem. As long as the voltage regulator can get 14.5V by adding power to the alternator everything is fine, even if the voltage rectifier is really putting out 15.5V to the Red wire and overcharging the battery.

Makes sense to me.